Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [art] little " in BNC.
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| 1 | Charles 's personal copy of the psalter ( a manuscript designed for daily devotions ) also had ivory covers , showing the prophet Nathan 's rebuke of David for his liaison with Bathsheba ( Ps 51 , Vulg 50 ) and the protection of David 's soul ( Ps 57 , Vulg 56 ) depicted as a little child on the lap of a kindly angel . |
| 2 | He asked for a little restorative brandy , then saw a baker 's tray of delicious cakes being carried into the inn 's side-door . |
| 3 | Last time I went up she asked for a little bell , so she could ring for me . |
| 4 | " Yes , I have plans , " Sara admitted after a little hesitation , but she did not elaborate on them . |
| 5 | They do n't want to be praised and stroked for every little thing , but they do want their work to be noticed and acknowledged every so often — and not just when they screwed something up or forgot it . |
| 6 | They were offering free accommodation and food to someone who would do what they described as a little gentle housework . |
| 7 | The pitiable Mr Pygling , who jerked through the little town with a stick — it turned out he had Parkinson 's disease — doffed his check cap to Jane and even held the door open for her when they ran into each other at a shop until she opened the house to the public ( having restored it sufficiently ) on Sundays . |
| 8 | When she sank to the seat she had recently vacated he paced about a little and then swung to face her , his dark eyes angry . |
| 9 | ‘ I do not see why you should apologise to me in any way , it is I who behaved like a little monster . |
| 10 | At the downstream end it rose into a little hump . |
| 11 | He moved into the little kitchen which led from the sitting-room and soon Nelly could hear the tap running . |
| 12 | The big lift took them up higher and higher until they reached the top floor when it stopped with a little bump . |
| 13 | Katherine rose from the little table . |
| 14 | Yet even on the tapes of the talks , considerably less gilded than the memoranda , it let in a little light for a moment . |
| 15 | I stopped in a little restaurant and ordered a hot dog by pointing at a picture of one that hung over the greasy counter . |
| 16 | [ CHRISTINE HAMMOND ] In 1958 there was only one television in our street , and when the Lone Ranger made his weekly appearance it was like a mini-cinema in John Logue 's front parlour with about twenty of us clustered round the little walnut cabinet . |
| 17 | At nearly fifteen he was already over six feet tall and towered over the little Irish doctor in front of him . |
| 18 | She attempted to restore some order to her tousled hair with her fingers , then stroked on a little blusher to counteract at least a little of her pallor ; but there was little she could do to repair the ravages of the night , and finally she turned away with a heavy sigh . |
| 19 | He concentrated on the little man instead , pictured breaking Gleeson into pieces , imagined him crumbling like polystyrene , or starved of air , deflating — ‘ Inside , Gleeson , ’ ordered one of the screws . |
| 20 | After dark he stopped at a Little Chef , had a quick meal of scrambled eggs and coffee , then continued his journey . |
| 21 | He stopped at a little roadside inn and found inside an old woman at work with a spinning wheel , like ‘ a dark silhouette out of a fairy tale ’ , and beyond her , through the window , the clear sky and a path through the delicate green , and geese pecking in the grass . |
| 22 | I sucked at the little trickle of blood from my finger . |
| 23 | Then , pulling herself upright , she moved across the little sitting room and to the stairs that went straight up from the corner of the room . |
| 24 | When it began to grow dark I noticed through the little connecting window that he did n't put his light on ; this alarmed me , somehow . |
| 25 | It played for a little while , I did n't play it for long but it did play . |
| 26 | We strolled through the little streets . |
| 27 | and genuflected like a little Quasimodo , |
| 28 | Anxious to be seen as having made all the right decisions , she added with a little pride , ‘ There were n't no need for a nurse , 'cause I looked after the mistress myself … stayed up all night when the fever took her … mopped her brow and talked nice and low ‘ til she come through it . |
| 29 | Dr Nolan looked deadbeat as he came into the little bedroom at Milltown . |
| 30 | The bedroom was neat , though , as Franca noticed with a little surprise , a bit dusty . |