Example sentences of "[vb infin] too " in BNC.
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| 1 | And and I , because er , I enjoy being pregnant , but I do n't enjoy too much bringing up babies |
| 2 | ‘ We wanted Carol Channing , ’ said Ernest Lehman , ‘ but the trouble was Carol did n't photograph too well ; it had nothing to do with the fact that she was n't as big a marquee name as Streisand . |
| 3 | IT IS GOOD BUY TIME BUT DO N'T WAIT TOO LONG |
| 4 | Everyone knew that you should n't wait too long . |
| 5 | Or a pregnant girl may wait too long to be able to have one legally , or may be afraid of what her family will say . |
| 6 | And we should wait too . |
| 7 | So many days of late , although dry , have been dull and overcast , but as someone said to me , you ca n't wait too long for a good thing , so here 's hoping . |
| 8 | Just wait until I get the time and I 'll show them who 's boss … but I 'd better not wait too long ! |
| 9 | And I can wait too . |
| 10 | ‘ Do n't make me wait too long , that 's all . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Then my business can wait too , ’ he said . |
| 12 | ‘ Perhaps we should n't wait too much longer , sir ? ’ |
| 13 | The bankers , however , should not wait too long before their next move . |
| 14 | If that immunity ought properly to be overridden in light of the countervailing public interest arising , then in our view that countervailing interest will outweigh too such limited value as still attaches to the implied undertaking . |
| 15 | We will make the ( questionable ? ) assumption that in most other areas prices do not deviate too far from marginal cost , in which case marginal cost in this sector is a relevant ideal . |
| 16 | Cuvier insisted that the four types were simply different and equally successful body plans — they should not be ranked with the vertebrates at the top , since this would smack too much of the old chain of being . |
| 17 | Sometimes we can focus too much on practical arrangements , and think of grief as a normal concomitant of old age . |
| 18 | If the drop is almost perfectly spherical it may magnify too much . |
| 19 | ‘ I looked down and thought he 'd let me fall too . ’ |
| 20 | When you tip the seed from the packet it is hard to believe that from almost every one a plant will arise , so do not let them fall too thickly into the soil . |
| 21 | In contradistinction to the indolent paupers who sponged off the Poor Rate and exploited pay make-up , and the hard-working landless town dweller who also suffered , he further cited the most respectable portion of the peasantry who were prevented from rising above the nominal low price of hire , so that the wage level ‘ must soon fall too low to allow the most abstemious worker to maintain himself . |
| 22 | Provided the landlord ensured that his serfs ' poll-tax did not fall too far into arrears , he was left to his own devices . |
| 23 | If they are not employed , then their weights will fall too low . |
| 24 | Therefore , if total consumption is reduced , abuse will fall too . |
| 25 | Do n't introduce too many new songs at once . |
| 26 | Right , cover up again , come up towards the wrist , if you 've got any more bandage , go round perhaps one more time okay and just make sure at the end of the day that you do n't tie too tightly round the wrist , why not ? |
| 27 | They may not , for instance , be prepared to risk having any kind of emotional engagement ( I recently worked with a group of headteachers for whom this seemed to be a problem ) ; or they may not trust each other or the teacher ; or the ‘ hidden curriculum , of the group 's own dynamics may cut across the drama 's requirements ( for instance if the strong natural leader within the group is not given her usual leadership function within the fiction ) ; or the group may concentrate too hard on preparing material for ‘ showing ’ so that they miss out almost entirely on ‘ playing the drama game ’ ; or they may dislike drama or really want to perform a play or are simply not in the mood to submit to the experience . |
| 28 | The film , which starred Huw Garmon in the title role , does not concentrate too heavily on the Black Chair episode , but rather on the character of the man who became a legend throughout Wales in the months after his death . |
| 29 | But there is something else you should know too . |
| 30 | He was not prepared to preach to the British — ‘ I do n't really know too much about them ’ — but he did say that no one could expect success without putting in a great deal of hard work . |