Example sentences of "and a little [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | About eighty per cent of the users are students and they 've normally been told to read this , or read that , or read the other , and if they now use one of our computer terminals , which has got a little video screen on the top and a little keyboard , they can look up the books , they can look them up by title , by the title of the book as well as by the traditional author approach , and when they 've found it the computer tells them how many copies are in the library , or whether they 're all on loan . |
| 2 | About eighty per cent of the users are students , and they 've normally been told to read this , or read that , or read the other and if they now use one of our computer terminals , which has got a little video screen on the top and a little keyboard , they can look up the books . |
| 3 | Adding convenience and a little fun . |
| 4 | The child steps back as if slapped , and a little gasp precipitates a trembling lower lip . |
| 5 | One biggish living room and a little back kitchen with no water and no sanitation and if you wanted to dispose of your water you 'd have to take it out on the roadside and chuck it down the main drain . |
| 6 | Once I think I hear muttered words and a little chuckle , but it only trickled through from Jancey 's , next door . |
| 7 | It was silent and a little damp . |
| 8 | We had a choir visiting another Home which we arranged , with food and a little buffet , a nice singsong , etc . |
| 9 | The benefit of getting it there early and a little leap word which takes you from a feature to a benefit |
| 10 | It was a little deaf , and a little blind , the mystery , and its only friend Miss Mynors was dead , but it continued . |
| 11 | No , lunch and a little sightseeing would not interrupt Erika 's training or , Paul eagerly assured everyone , his homework . |
| 12 | But the general impression of the Hollywood scene was of artificial glitter , false fronts on western pioneer town sets , and a little glamour mixed with much frustration . |
| 13 | In my climbing heyday we had to make do mostly with faith and a little friction . |
| 14 | LOréal 's Modeling Fluid Control was applied to achieve the smoothest finish , with a change of parting and a little backcombing adding versatility . |
| 15 | Strain them ( keep the liquid — it will make a good basis for a vegetable soup ) , put them in a bowl and while still hot stir in plenty of olive oil , sliced onion , garlic , parsley , and a little vinegar . |
| 16 | Southwest from Arrens there runs another valley , with a minor road up it , to Aste and a little clutch of high lakes . |
| 17 | A 40MByte drive should be enough for nothing but spreadsheets and a little word processing . |
| 18 | when dry , the colour can be reconstituted in the well of a palette with water and a little agitation with the brush . |
| 19 | Her shoes were of the kind then called ward shoes , with low heels , one strap , and a little metal star on the front for ornamentation . |
| 20 | ‘ Your uncle works both wood and a little metal , ’ he said . |
| 21 | Erm it 'll come with a set of headphones and a little doohickey for er |
| 22 | Inside , the room is richly decorated with a fine scrolled plaster overmantel , dated 1572 , and a little musicians ' gallery which looks down into the hall through a row of arches set high up in the cornice . |
| 23 | and a little master Jane she said that was good were n't it ? |
| 24 | It seemed unlikely that the undertaker had troubled sufficiently about those who survived him to take such precautions , but no one could speak with confidence of what had passed through the mind of this man whose deepest preoccupations seemed to be represented by a few scored lines in a medical book and a little bundle of poems . |
| 25 | He looked tanned and supple , and a little smile lifted the corners of his mouth . |
| 26 | All this for an eighteen-year-old who , just over a year before , had been feared — in the context of the time — unmanageable and a little while before that had been sunk down without trace behind the haberdashery counter in Port Talbot 's Co-operative shop . |
| 27 | Trouble is , I do n't know what he 'd do - " He broke off suddenly and turned his head away , whispering , " My father , my father , my father … " in a way so bitter and desperate that she turned to him and held him ; and although they had already stayed far longer than on previous nights , she had a sudden foreboding of events , so that she needed to love him again , now ; and a little while later , without thinking of the danger , she cried out with the joy of him : a single shriek in the night that echoed in the trees below the house and was followed by a strange , almost tangible silence . |
| 28 | Merrill thought he was going to say something more , but the train drew into Bruges , and a little while later she closed the door of her hotel room , thankful to be alone . |
| 29 | God , how novelists recover ! … and you begin to wonder how you can make use of it with a little shifting here , and a little adding there , something can be made of it , surely ? ’ |
| 30 | Create impressive graphic designs on your walls ; all it takes is courage and a little sleight of hand . |