Example sentences of "[pers pn] [prep] [art] little " in BNC.
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1 | I was there on my own , because the Yorkshire Television film crew had been positioned on the roof of the Palace , and would have been quite at a loss but a lady from the Yorkshire Post spotted me and kindly accompanied me for a little while . |
2 | Jesus wants me for a sunbeam , Uncle Philip wants me for a little flower . |
3 | Just stand by me for a little bit longer . |
4 | The mail will probably take a couple of days longer to reach you from Sian , & no doubt we 'll be very busy when we get there , so forgive me if you do n't hear from me for a little while . |
5 | The Esprit is a twin humbucker guitar , a departure from the norm for Fender ; while they are justly famed for their single coil pickups , their humbuckers have always struck me as a little tame … |
6 | They walked like robots until Doyle yelled , ‘ Stop ! ’ with half his voice whirled away by the wind so that it came to them as a little thread of sound . |
7 | Silly-Willie danced to his mother 's playing , his feet flashing and tapping and glancing , his ugly body quiet and still above them as a little gravestone . |
8 | ‘ But you 've only been talking to them for a little while ! ’ said Angalo . |
9 | The ploughs and gritters do their best , of course , but it 's not at all uncommon for the elements to get the better of them for a little while . |
10 | Yeah , but you can only buy them for a little while in the year |
11 | you know they take them for a little visit so they get used to the school before they go , which is a good idea , I mean we were just thrown in |
12 | So she can play with them for a little bit . |
13 | She 's going to look after them for a little while |
14 | Lisa had one of them for a little while . |
15 | Kneeling across him , she joined her body to his with a little gasp until he sat and touched his mouth to hers . |
16 | We are not Americans , even though I do hate the way we sometimes run around them like the little brother . |
17 | But he treated me like a little girl ; part of his training , I suppose . ’ |
18 | These emotions may disturb you for a little while , but they are simply a natural response to the trauma of death and they will usually pass with time . |
19 | It would be so much easier Elsie if there was not this huge amount of land separating us and if I could just talk to you for a little while face to face . |
20 | But you belong at the Foundling Hospital and we were only able to borrow you for a little while . |
21 | But please , I just want to talk to you for a little while . |
22 | BELVILLE : Damn you for a little wretch . |
23 | ‘ Signorina , will you be all right if I leave you for a little while ? ’ |
24 | Thank you for the little thoughts of avoiding the things that might upset me . |
25 | Is n't she like a little sister to him ? " |
26 | We hope you have enjoyed browsing through this brochure , and that it 's provided you with a little inspiration . |
27 | Henry is , or whether Mrs G. has presented you with a little Tasmanian , or likely to do so , a point upon which her mother is so exceedingly anxious that on finding it was not mentioned she sat down and cried with vexation . ’ |
28 | He was bound to remember you with a little legacy . |
29 | I think we 'll move you into a little theatre we have down here for just this sort of thing , OK ? |
30 | And when you wanted to buy something like a three piece suite , you went to somewhere like Bentalls and they took you into a little room , soon as you said to the man well I want to buy this on hire purchase and you went in to a little room and the man sat down and you filled in a long form . |