Example sentences of "[adv prt] in [art] [adj] little [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Down in the neat little kitchen Sophia made an omelette , cut thin bread and butter and arranged the quarters of a peeled orange on a crown Derby plate . |
| 2 | Of course , in those days the mistress was generally kept by her lover , set up in a cosy little love-nest somewhere , her accounts settled with no questions asked … |
| 3 | Very cautiously , they opened the door , and saw nothing more alarming than poor Oliver , curled up in a sad little heap on the step . |
| 4 | Perhaps their attitude can be summed up in a nice little phrase from one of Dally 's patients : ‘ The pleasures of eating are fleeting , but the pleasures of fasting are lasting . ’ |
| 5 | Fancy him turning up in a snivelling little place like Bethlehem . |
| 6 | His passengers were filing out in a dazed little procession . |