Example sentences of "but it [vb past] little " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was a return to the test of outrage , with all its faults , but it met little outrage in Standing Committee and fell only because of the dissolution of Parliament for the 1987 General Election . |
| 2 | The DUP was formed with the intention of increasing the non-evangelical element in the movement , but it had little initial success in broadening the recruiting base . |
| 3 | All the leading cars traded places briefly during a flurry of pit-stops but it had little effect on Prost who was able to pull clear and win comfortably . |
| 4 | She screamed , but it had little effect , just added to the confusion that reigned in the room . |
| 5 | All the leading cars traded places briefly during a flurry of pit-stops but it had little effect on Prost who was able to pull clear and win comfortably . |
| 6 | Throughout the first two weeks of the campaign almost twothirds of our panel cited unemployment as the ‘ main issue ’ that should be discussed but it got little coverage on television news . |
| 7 | It may have rained for hours , but it made little difference to the River Lambourn . |
| 8 | The organist spiritedly played Art Garfunkel 's Bright Eyes , the theme of Watership Down — her favourite book , but it brought little comfort . |
| 9 | It was too heavy to turn in the wind , but it mattered little to know which way the wind was blowing : wherever it blew it blew word of the miraculous pageant and the Angel Gabriel . |
| 10 | She got a handkerchief from somewhere , and wiped herself , but it did little good . |
| 11 | He had been carrying his umbrella but it did little to protect him . |
| 12 | The singing , the pomp and the pageantry may have galvanised Welsh emotions , but it did little for their skills or tactical awareness . |
| 13 | Edward 's diplomatic achievement in Flanders was substantial , but it did little immediately to improve his position . |
| 14 | This may have prevented some children of artisans falling into poverty as a result of the decline of skilled occupations , but it did little for the lowest stratum who were always the most vulnerable to severe poverty . |
| 15 | The heating was on inside the car but it did little to drive out the chill that seemed to have settled in her bones . |
| 16 | Fran jerked her arm away but it did little to loosen the crushing grip of his powerful fingers . |
| 17 | It was described as Italianate , but it bore little relationship to the contemporary light Italianate villas of the United States and of English country houses . |