Example sentences of "[adj] little [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know the sort of devious little things you get up to . |
| 2 | ‘ What a bunch of nauseating little warts you are . ’ |
| 3 | Proper little devils they are . |
| 4 | ALL parents of four-year-olds know what strong-minded little monsters they can be — but we decided to risk it anyway with a trip to Val d'Isere . |
| 5 | Oh yeah , yeah , yeah , and then and Margaret called for the ambulance , I heard the slop and I heard , and then they put the dog out right away and I said , that 's unusual of them , it was one of those tiny little miniatures you see |
| 6 | It 's a tiny little things you know er in glass cases now there are a few at bus stops but a lot of people do n't use bus stops any more you know they drive erm I know that posters great hoardings that we some of us probably grew up with when everybody knew what was on and the great big posters everywhere . |
| 7 | Between his nutcracker lips was one of the thin twisted little cigarettes he made himself . |
| 8 | Virginia had crept up to her several times trying to be friendly , but each time the house repelled her advances , do n't you dare to come near me with those nasty creepy little fingers she smiled , preventing the new young tendrils finding a hold on her walls . |
| 9 | You next time you come to do it you 'll be doing you 'll remember nearly as much as we 're doing today but perhaps some odd little bits you 'll think , ooh now how did we do that I ca n't quite work out . |
| 10 | And there was his behaviour since their father 's death : odd little things she had scarcely noticed at the time but now they began to acquire significance in her mind . |
| 11 | For a few moments she stood watching him as with quick little movements he fed himself , his sharp eyes darting suspiciously from side to side . |
| 12 | He was quite different from the stringy little animals I saw on my daily round . |
| 13 | In these tight little situations I prefer the tube stem for the greater degree of control for mending line or holding back to swing baits in under obstructions and overhangs . |
| 14 | I 'm sure she has a dozen really pretty little formals she could have worn . ’ |
| 15 | which is enough to do four little little pictures I thought I might do for the craft thing in September , erm you know our flower festival and erm in which case I 'd have had to purchase a few of your little thingies that 's pretty . |
| 16 | that 's two hundred pounds not including the stupid little setdphones you get with them because they 're crap . |
| 17 | Christmas puddings , jars of mincemeat , bunches of holly , fruit , nuts , table-mats , serviette-rings and dozens of other useful little articles they had made carefully and patiently were spread over a long trestle table in the hall . |
| 18 | Yes , I 've got my cat , it 's just gone out , yeah I 've got a cat , yes he 's a lovely little cat I 've got and he 's just gone out a little ginger and but I did have a dog but I , cos he , I had him several years here a beautiful little corgi he was and then I had to have him put to sleep because he had er water trouble , but then my doctor advised me that I , he said do n't have another dog have a cat , so I had a cat , I 've always had a cat though |
| 19 | From there they were accustomed to having something like a bird's-eye view , seeing their husbands and the other male members of their families not as the tall figures they were familiar with and on whom they relied but as the busy little children they often privately felt them to be . |
| 20 | And er If you get a small little chickens you can make them do two days |
| 21 | In other words , I saw the town as being completely different towards him at the outset of the film , and then in snide little ways he would turn them against him because he carried his violence with him . |
| 22 | Not only did I discover that all these tender little messages you keep sending me were probably written weeks in advance , but I also discovered just how many other women I share that privilege with . |
| 23 | As I painted , I was often surrounded by crowds of gorgeous kids , whose cheerful little faces I will never forget . |
| 24 | Continuing with Half Fisherman 's rib in mind , perhaps I should mention a few other little difficulties we encountered with this particular stitch pattern . |
| 25 | Exercise is just as important as other little extras you fit into your routine . |
| 26 | The building of a hotel and golf course as well as an extra 30 corporate hospitality boxes at Lingfield was the sort of commercial diversification that the Muddles see as a prerequisite to transforming racecourses into the nice little earners they should be . |
| 27 | Not just the songs and what they mean to people , but all the silly little things we 've done , like playing for no money so someone else could have some — and selling T-shirts for less money than we could have . ’ |