Example sentences of "he [vb past] [prep] [art] little [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the summer , he lived in a little house surrounded by sunflowers higher than it was , beside a village with a pale blue pump in the centre , with geese marching around , pigeons gurgling ( they have a different accent on the Continent ) and people sitting on walls gossiping in the evening . |
| 2 | ‘ Yes , Slane , ’ he agreed on a little choke of laughter . |
| 3 | ‘ He 's wonderful , ’ he gasped , as he gazed at the little face and held each tiny hand , studying the miniature nails in wonderment . |
| 4 | He moved into the little kitchen which led from the sitting-room and soon Nelly could hear the tap running . |
| 5 | He concentrated on the little man instead , pictured breaking Gleeson into pieces , imagined him crumbling like polystyrene , or starved of air , deflating — ‘ Inside , Gleeson , ’ ordered one of the screws . |
| 6 | After dark he stopped at a Little Chef , had a quick meal of scrambled eggs and coffee , then continued his journey . |
| 7 | He stopped at a little roadside inn and found inside an old woman at work with a spinning wheel , like ‘ a dark silhouette out of a fairy tale ’ , and beyond her , through the window , the clear sky and a path through the delicate green , and geese pecking in the grass . |
| 8 | Dr Nolan looked deadbeat as he came into the little bedroom at Milltown . |
| 9 | Then , as he turned a corner , he came upon a little house , level with the road , built on concrete stilts above the rocks . |
| 10 | Then he walked around the little living-room , cradling the mug in his hands , and thinking . |
| 11 | He returned to the Little Vestry and , standing in the doorway , drew on his latex gloves . |
| 12 | Eyvør woke up and made food-begging noises , so the Birdman finished his story and cut up some more strips of herring which he fed to the little bird . |
| 13 | Nichol had developed a relationship with a 16-year-old girl , Alana Jeannette , with whom he worked at the Little Chef at Skeeby , North Yorkshire , said Mr Spencer . |
| 14 | In order to facilitate a quick arrest under difficult circumstances — ‘ the crowd was jeering and becoming unpleasantly restive ’ — Robert Mark then confesses that he indulged in a little police brutality , by using his strictly non-regulation rubber truncheon to give the offender ‘ a hefty whack on the shin' which apparently broke his leg . |
| 15 | Hafpor said he knew of a little hotel , and would we like to go there ? |
| 16 | So we got engaged and waved my family off to Australia ; he knew of a little cottage we could buy not far from his boat yard — his boat yard , ’ she said disparagingly with a little snort of disgust . |
| 17 | He felt like a little boy suddenly told by his mother to share an afternoon at the cinema with another child . |
| 18 | ‘ He sang like a little bird , once he knew the Admiral had already talked to us . ’ |
| 19 | He looked at the little boy in front of him with amazement . |
| 20 | He looked round the little nursery with a puzzled frown , as if disconcerted not to find a chair . |
| 21 | He looked after the little girl throughout the journey , everyone , including the Gestapo guards , assuming that it was his sister nestling in his lap . |
| 22 | He put in a little stone trough to catch the water from a stream at the back , and bought a fireplace with an iron range oven and grate , especially for Walker Hall . |
| 23 | He squeezed inside the little cupboard . |
| 24 | He fumbled for the little phrase book he carried with him but then suddenly remembered . |
| 25 | Tony ate his meals in the kitchen and he slept in a little room at the top of the farmhouse . |
| 26 | ‘ You do n't have to jump , cara , ’ he said with a little smile . |
| 27 | Bought a Vax , they said no they 're a con do n't worry , he said with a little bit of luck you 'll get one that 'll be free , you 'll have to give a report on it once a month , then about after nine months they give it to you if they thought |
| 28 | So he said to the little man , ‘ I will take the pretty glass key . ’ |
| 29 | Whether Dr Neil had noticed her hesitation or not , he said to the little woman — ignoring both Sally-Anne 's anger over his cruelty , and her thanks — which just went to show , she thought crossly , that it was no use trying to placate the unpleasant creatures — ‘ Matey , you will make us all a hot pot of tea , strong and sweet . |
| 30 | Some attempt had been made to turn the area immediately in front of the door into a rose-arbour by the erection of a bit of trellis work at right angles to the wall , and he crouched behind the little protection this afforded . |