Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [art] little " in BNC.
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| 1 | She sits on a little wooden bench , and seems to be engaged in animated conversation with the empty space beside her . |
| 2 | His picture sits on a little wooden cabinet in the lounge , a young man wearing a denim jacket and a hint of a smile . |
| 3 | Perhaps it goes on a little too long and the sweetness can tend to cloy , but it was beautifully played . |
| 4 | He lived in a little hired house five minutes from the church , on a stipend of £260 a year . |
| 5 | In Ayr , they lived in a little thatched cottage and Bel obtained employment as a washer-woman to support herself and her son , albeit in the dire poverty of her class in that time . |
| 6 | Anna and her mother lived in a little detached house which looked as though it had been sliced off from some larger building . |
| 7 | He would also like to see the hierarchy between professors and younger scientists , stronger in Germany than in the UK and US , broken down a little . |
| 8 | Just rub in a little every night and morning and make child 's play out of keeping your skin looking young . |
| 9 | We played and sang together , and read aloud a little of the Faerie Queene . |
| 10 | I wandered on a little further , catching glimpses through the trees of a deep valley and hills beyond . |
| 11 | Let us consider in a little more detail some of the main features of British elections ( in other words , election of the House of Commons ) before proceeding to a consideration of the current controversy surrounding the electoral system . |
| 12 | ‘ The Headmaster wants it moved along a little . |
| 13 | For those who find walking just a little to much like hard work , take the longest chairlift in Europe to the ‘ First ’ peak at 7,150 ft and enjoy the glorious views and the grandeur of the mountains without being out of breath ! |
| 14 | Or maybe her shoulders trembled just a little also . |
| 15 | Uncle Richard resembles Edward 's Uncle Harry and has not a little of Dad Uzzell in his make-up , too . |
| 16 | Lang 's success at a ministerial level has not a little to do with the excellent relations he has with the President on both a personal and political plane . |
| 17 | Futures dealers were carried away a little first thing , bidding the contract for June settlement up to 2680 — a 110-point premium to the cash market . |
| 18 | Ollie scooped out the money and found just a little short of l 5 |
| 19 | She strained over a little more . |
| 20 | Unfortunately , the Conservative Party itself helped set the tone for library disposals and helped not a little towards the rise of semi-literacy and , when controversy did arise , its political acceptability . |
| 21 | ‘ Haw — ha — ha — ’ he gasped , putting one hand on another pump to steady himself as he bent over a little and looked at his feet , the other hand on a knee , his chest heaving . |
| 22 | Mallender than struck for a third time when Miandad could not resist one which moved away a little , Stewart gloving it with ease : 64 for 3 . |
| 23 | The young woman moved away a little and looked more carefully into the shop window . |
| 24 | She moved away a little , patting her petticoats and looking at the dog . |
| 25 | Fakrid 's neck rose just a little . |
| 26 | He landed and stared down at me and at the blood of my broken wing , his terrible beak opening just a little with the pleasure of what he saw ; while I hung there , trying to watch all three at once and knowing that one of them would attack suddenly and then be gone as another came in from a different direction . |
| 27 | When pushed , he explained that in his line of work ‘ cutting corners ’ , ‘ fudging ’ , ‘ giving out disinformation ’ and ‘ cheating just a little ’ are part of the rules ( unstated , but there ) of the job . |
| 28 | But now it was all opening up a little . |
| 29 | About ½ inch ( 1.5cm ) or a fraction more below the selected bud , make a cut about ⅛ inch ( 0.3cm ) deep and sloping downwards a little as shown in Figure 17 . |
| 30 | Old Aaron Kleiber built up a little tailoring business , and for a time Ruth had worked for him as a seamstress , together with Sarah Vogel , another immigrant , and Rosie O'Dell , Connor and Sean 's half-sister . |