Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [art] little " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Petts Wood I found a little space like that to park in . |
| 2 | I spent a little time ‘ fishing ’ these to the back and either tying off , or sewing in . |
| 3 | I very nearly took you then and there , standing up , in a cold dark cave … after that I needed a little time to sort through my feelings , sabiha tieghi … ’ |
| 4 | ‘ That 's when I thought a little research might be in order . |
| 5 | I took a little time off in Rome to do some shopping . |
| 6 | I did a little research at the time of the East German business . |
| 7 | Oh , yes , ’ he added when Robyn looked up at him in surprise , ‘ I did a little research on you before inviting you to tender for this job — I at least go about things in a methodical and planned way . |
| 8 | ‘ I had a little difficulty on first arriving , but that is surely only normal . ’ |
| 9 | I put my photos up and then I had a little rest . |
| 10 | I had a little money saved and I began to use it up . |
| 11 | I had a little money and French had always been the lingua franca of my home . |
| 12 | It was fortunate that I had a little time to accustom myself to being in such a place and to the thought of seeing my father . |
| 13 | I had a little money from my father 's will , administered by his British solicitors . |
| 14 | If I had a little money in a rich man 's world . |
| 15 | I suggested a little time ago that the surface indications offered both by Joyce 's life and by his writing up to including The Portrait — he does leave Ireland to live with his Nora in Triest , in Switzerland , in France , in Switzerland again , until his death in nineteen forty one , visiting Dublin for the last time in nineteen hundred and twelve — he does give us in Dubliners and The Portrait a sharp sense of the traps he feels he must escape from , the church tentacular , pervasive , the seedy provincialism , the narrowness , the philistine complacency . |
| 16 | She found a little space on the table and rested her head . |
| 17 | She walked a little way along , kicking a stone , and came to the entrance to the gravel pits . |
| 18 | She signed as she sifted a little icing sugar on to her home-made mince pies . |
| 19 | She needed a little experience here in the provinces first , of course , just enough to give her finesse and confidence , not too much so that she became jaded , and then … |
| 20 | When she first joined the company , packing vitamins and herbal medicines three years ago , she took a little time to get used to the work . |
| 21 | She advanced a little way and then simply stopped , her head inclined , her eyes appearing to take in every detail of him . |
| 22 | Then she saw a little glass table with three legs , and on the top of it was a very small gold key . |
| 23 | Soon she saw a little glass box near her on the floor . |
| 24 | Besides she had a little money of her own . |
| 25 | When William had gone , she thought of all the things she had planned to do as soon as she had a little time to herself . |
| 26 | eating too much , I suppose if you had a little glass , then just one |
| 27 | Well wrapped up , we walked a little way out of the town . |
| 28 | We were married at home , and one of the reasons why is because we bought a very old house about three years ago and on the top floor it has a , a large room which used to be the ballroom , and we did a little research and we found that the last wedding that we know of in the house took place in seventeen fifty eight , when apparently it was very common in Scotland to get married at home , it was more uncommon to go to church . |
| 29 | You see , my dear , we had a little difficulty over which should adorn the top of the tree , the star of Bethlehem which is of course the only proper thing as well as being the only thing countenanced by the Rector , or an immensely glittering and unsuitable fairy doll someone was so ill-judged as to give to Helen . |
| 30 | They walked a little way into the Trees , where it would be more comfortable to sit on the thick , dry forest floor and eat their food and rest . |