Example sentences of "[subord] [art] little [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | OLD Krems is built on the slope of the Danube 's left bank just where the little river Krems joins its greater sister . |
| 2 | They played a lively game of Hide ‘ N ’ Seek , where the little hedgehog would crawl away to hide in the weeds or under pile of leaves and the big beast would seek her out and bark loudly when he found her . |
| 3 | Without even really thinking about it , she pretended to trip , staggered in her direction , deliberately lost her balance , and managed to lob the leprechaun into a clump of grass where the little girl would be able to find it easily . |
| 4 | where the little skiff |
| 5 | Once I tied a wasp to the striking-surface of each of the copper-coloured bells on the top , where the little hammer would hit them in the morning when the alarm went off . |
| 6 | THERE HAVE also been changes at the south end of the Kylesku Bridge , where the little cluster of buildings where vehicles formerly embarked on the ferry boat is now bypassed by the new road . |
| 7 | Where every little snot from Southwark can come knocking at your door , bothering you with their complaints . |
| 8 | By moonrise they had made their way through Newtown churchyard , where a little brook runs between the lawns and under the path . |
| 9 | Except the little bundle of Papers folded together under his pillow . |
| 10 | Immediately the little mountain tribesmen , who seemed to have stepped straight out of the sepia photographs in his history book , began unloading the baggage , and Joseph saw them take their crossbows and arrows from the carts and carry them to their own huts a hundred yards away along the riverbank … |
| 11 | He believed that people should spend as little as possible on themselves and think as little as possible about themselves — no more , indeed , than the little thought that was needed to keep them usefully alive . |
| 12 | ‘ Worse than the little horror inside a Dalek casing . ’ |
| 13 | I think it 's fairly obvious that a lot more suffering goes on in the name of love than the little happiness you can squeeze out of it . |
| 14 | ‘ But I ca n't picture him any other way than the little boy he was on that last day I saw him . ’ |
| 15 | The holy , rather , formed the permanent context of life , always and everywhere present , animating a community larger than the little group gathered around the altar , ready at any moment to manifest blessing or power , at special moments or special places . |
| 16 | Although the little hut at Trebyan was only a couple of hundred yards from the house and the pottery it was over the slope of the hill and hemmed in by gorse and hawthorn : a single large room with a verandah , built of lap boarding , raised on a brick base and set in the side of the hill . |
| 17 | ‘ So the little kitten has claws , ’ he murmured . |
| 18 | ‘ Beryl would n't look after the baby so her sister took it temporarily , but then Beryl really was ill with poliomyelitis so the little boy stayed with her sister . |
| 19 | Just as the church at Aughton stands as a touchstone of the spirit of the Derwent Ings , so the little church of St Thomas a Becket at Fairfield represents all the romance and loneliness of Romney Marsh . |
| 20 | ‘ I do n't see why not , ’ she answered , although a little bit of Nora in her made her add , ‘ provided you keep sober . ’ |
| 21 | Unlike still red wines , sparkling Champagne does not benefit from a detectable tannin content , although a little tannin will be added prior to the last racking to activate the fining agent . |
| 22 | It contains no spices ; but sip with care , for at the bottom of every cup lurks more than a little sediment . |
| 23 | What better way to liven up these lazy summer days than a little trade-up rumpus between Sun Microsystems Inc and Hewlett-Packard Co . |
| 24 | Joanne and the other members of the team of teachers working with the intake year embarked on the new curriculum with a good deal of enthusiasm and more than a little apprehension . |
| 25 | The sentiment behind ‘ You Should Always Keep In Touch With Your Friends ’ was lauded by the music press but Gedge was being more than a little hollow . |
| 26 | Numbers of influential visitors to Germany , mostly connected with commerce , the aristocracy , or both , came back with more than a little sympathy for what Hitler was achieving . |
| 27 | Feeling more than a little self conscious now that the adrenalin had ebbed away , I addressed the single , lit eye : ‘ OK , love ? ’ |
| 28 | Finally he lowered the papers on to the desk and whistled through his teeth in astonishment , and more than a little dismay . |
| 29 | My open support of the Irish struggle , reading pro-Sinn Fein poems at school assembly when it was my turn to choose a reading two weeks after the Birmingham pub bombing caused more than a little outrage and several stern pep talks , culminating in threatened expulsion from the headmistress . |
| 30 | She looked at him bleakly , feeling more than a little hurt . |