Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] a [adj] little [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | no I did n't want to leave a little , only want to leave a proper little drain things , you know |
| 2 | Right I just wondered if she gave you an address cos it you know got a super little town map here . |
| 3 | You 've given a goodly little pile here . |
| 4 | Er , you 've got a nasty little streak |
| 5 | fold bandage and if you want , pack it away like that , you bring the end in the centre , there , so and again the ends in to the centre , just so that they meet like this , like this the centre , just so that they meet there , again , start like this , ends just to meet in the centre do n't overlap them too much and again bend into the centre and you 've got a nice little pad , if you ever need a pad for plonking on a wound quickly , there you 've got a pad , or putting against an ear or anything you want it for and you open it up quickly and you 've got a bandage , two of those and you 've got a |
| 6 | There was a little exhibition called The Nude and basically they 've got a nice little Picture Gallery there with sort of various things in , but they also had some lovely anatomy books beside it and so on , some amazing engravings , you know , entire body structures , skeletal man , muscular man , . |
| 7 | ‘ I 've got a neat little ketch moored down at the marina . |
| 8 | She floated between dreams and fits of consciousness , then she saw Philip leaning over her and she thought someone said , ‘ You 've got a lovely little boy , thanks be to God … ’ but it did n't seem real . |
| 9 | Barnet may not be able to offer the executive box comforts of the North London giants but you can see what Fry means when he says : ‘ We 've got a lovely little club here . ’ |
| 10 | I 've got a few little beauties I 'm going to flog to the idiots this morning . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've got a wonderful little girl She knows how to cut and sew-one blouse every fifteen days-My little girl do n't eat very much — Just a mountain of bread a week ! ’ |
| 12 | We 've got a fine little school here , I 'm sure you 'd agree — ’ Hilary Frome looked at him with a light of pure idealism in his eyes , but he drew the line at assenting — ‘ but what 's going to count in the years ahead is what we 've got up top . |
| 13 | ‘ You 've got a sweet little face , ’ she said . |
| 14 | I 've bought a ducky little suit and matching hat . |
| 15 | ‘ February 10 — I have been given a dog — a mongrel pup called ‘ Lady ’ , and I have bought a wizard little pony and trap for £70 — a trim grey called ‘ Lucky ’ . |
| 16 | Few can rival the Natural History Museum 's offer of drinks beneath its dinosaur , but Christmas and new-year parties have become a nice little earner for museums and galleries right across the country . |