Example sentences of "[adv] a [adj] girl " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly a passing girl suddenly swerved towards him and threw her arms round his waist . |
| 2 | You do n't know how much a growing girl needs , etc . |
| 3 | Cos she was put in that job when she was only a young girl and she 's never brought any shame or anything , not like the young ones are doing now ! |
| 4 | Er yes , she was only a young girl when I first kne when I |
| 5 | I was only a little girl at the time . |
| 6 | I was only a little girl when I went to my first funeral . |
| 7 | ‘ She is only a little girl and could easily have been attacked while she was standing there alone . ’ |
| 8 | You 've got to believe me , mister , I 'm only a workin' girl without a job . ’ |
| 9 | Her father said , ‘ Yes , Goldie 's no longer a little girl ! ’ |
| 10 | Sandra ( normally a quiet girl ) thumps James because he has jogged her and spoilt her drawing of a tuba . |
| 11 | and she was just a working girl , you know , and it was a worry to her as well . |
| 12 | I am just a poor girl ; what do I know of the sea-king 's palace ? |
| 13 | I was just a young girl from a small planet and I felt very unimportant here . |
| 14 | Just a compassionate girl working amongst dirt and poverty . |
| 15 | I am just a little girl , I have n't even started my periods yet and little girls can tantrum louder and then can sulk deeper than anything else in the universe . |
| 16 | ‘ You 've changed a great deal , Angharad , ’ he said , ‘ you were just a little girl when I finished my apprenticeship and now look at you . ’ |
| 17 | I had always been singing energetic music from the time I was just a little girl , and when I started getting songs like Sweet Nothings , I loved those songs , and I wanted to sing them . |
| 18 | The long and the short and the tall da da da da da da da da da da da da da When Mark was just a little girl , he asked his mummy Bless your beautiful hide wherever you may be . |
| 19 | A nineteen-year-old Coventry woman who disowned any interest in feminism or politics — " I 'm just a fun girl , " — said she could never remember anybody talking about " the clitoris or orgasms ' . |
| 20 | Nutty had done it , for God 's sake , and she was just a fat girl ( well , not so fat any longer , but still a girl ) . |
| 21 | ‘ Clare is still a respectable girl . |
| 22 | That night her father sat on the edge of her bed and stroked her hair , as if she were still a little girl . |
| 23 | Our new role model , Hildamay , is n't selfish : more a regular girl guide . |
| 24 | I think you are rather a vain girl and thinking too much about your figure . ’ |
| 25 | He thought she was rather a strange girl ; more like a boy most of the time , but there were parts about her he really liked . |
| 26 | I thought he was rather a funny man and he thought I was rather a funny girl . |
| 27 | He remembered a girl he had known once who used to say ‘ franchement ’ whenever she meant ‘ frankly ’ — rather a soupy girl , and far from frank , but consoling all the same on despairing Sundays , and she had made beautiful casseroles . |
| 28 | But she was rather a big girl . |
| 29 | The voice belonged to Wendy Anderson , a St Andrews graduate , also a new girl , and as forlorn as I was . |
| 30 | You are clearly a bright girl , and will throw off this disturbance . |