Example sentences of "went [adv] too [adv] " in BNC.

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1 It went on too long , until its recent shuddering halt .
2 Unfortunately the arrangement , however justified originally , went on too long .
3 The owners of Flokati were showing Mavis and Walter Bricknell-type behaviour , fluttering about in a nervous anxiety that would be bound to affect the horse if it went on too long .
4 It would hurt to do it , to be without him , but she would have to if this went on too long , or he would destroy her emotionally , because she would have nothing left when he did finally tire of her .
5 It 's our fault — we went on too long . ’
6 She went down too far , too far into the riding waves of pain , deep under water and drowning .
7 So if you went much too fast on the steeplechase , you do not have extra time on phase C. Therefore , it is important to get the timing right .
8 Despite it feeling strangely slowed down , the meal went much too quickly .
9 They went in too heavily . ’
10 The week at Caroline 's went all too quickly and we then took the Picton Ferry , across Cook Strait and through the Marlborough Sounds , a journey of about 3 1/2 hours .
11 I cocked the old gun and squeezed the trigger , and it just went forward too slowly to fire a round .
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