Example sentences of "little [noun sg] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was still arguing childishly against myself when I heard a little noise at the door . |
| 2 | We 're gon na have a little look at the video in a minute , but before we do that I 'd like to erm draw you attention to a situation This is a real one which erm was an accident that took place . |
| 3 | Mm I 'll just show you one last one and then we 'll we 'll we 'll start this again and have a little look at the beginning . |
| 4 | It 's right , it 's correct it is minus twelve but I could see you were really not very sure what you should be doing about that , that 's great , you 've found , you 've got that down to there , let's have a little look at the number line , zero , one , two , three and so on , minus one , minus two , minus three , minus four . |
| 5 | Keith Richards used to stay in the little cottage at the bottom of Ron 's garden . |
| 6 | ‘ Well he lives in that little cottage at the bottom of the steep pitch just past the green , ’ Joe continued with a grin , ‘ as he staggers down the hill his legs have to go faster and faster to stop him falling on his face . ’ |
| 7 | The farm had originally been two or three houses and there was a little cottage at the back where a lady we used to call Aunt Polly lived . |
| 8 | And the hot water system was a little boiler at the side of the fire as well and you used to have a ladle and take it out of the out of the er out of the boiler on the side . |
| 9 | Well a key should have a little bit at the bottom to say what what 's it stands for . |
| 10 | So do n't feel that that you should wait until the end although we do leave a a little bit at the end just for questions and you may have noticed that there 's either a tea break or a meal break after each talk . |
| 11 | We 'll also be looking back a little bit at the Breeder 's Cup , we 'll also have the result of your poll for the Channel Four racing personality of the year , there 's the picture puzzle and lots of other things as well which I ca n't remember . |
| 12 | Really it 's about , you know , huge erm rhododendrons , it 's only a little bit at the end of that . |
| 13 | now that tape that 's in now , tt , there 's a little bit at the front of that and it 's been on , oh it must of been on a fortnight and it does n't matter what you record |
| 14 | That 's all I always wanted to do in the lodge with a , with a little field at the side and all , I wanted to get a load of cars and dismantle them |
| 15 | Yesterday she had gone to the dingy little newsagent at the corner of the street to pay the paper bill , and to buy Matey a writing pad and envelopes , when she had seen on the counter a pile of postcards depicting society beauties . |
| 16 | It was nearly two in the afternoon when , having watched the changing of the Guard at the Amalienborg Palace , admired the copper spire of the old Stock Exchange formed by the twisted tails of four dragons , gazed in appreciation at the magnificent Gefion 's Fountain and paid the customary respects to the statue of the Little Mermaid at the entrance to the harbour , she caught a bus back to the canal district . |
| 17 | And you get this little bonus at the end of the month , maybe a couple of quid on top of your one pound sixteen shillings . |
| 18 | The torch was passed from the grand old man to the heir-apparent at a touching little ceremony at the end of the Cabinet meeting on 5 April . |
| 19 | ‘ The immediate effects of the theft were considerably lessened both by the death of Laura Stratton and on the very next day by the murder of Dr Kemp , the man to whom the Tongue was due to be handed over that day at an official little ceremony at the Ashmolean . |
| 20 | ‘ Just a little liaising at the lower levels . ’ |
| 21 | Sara had said that she just was not prepared to live any longer in the jerry-built little terrace at the bottom of the village . |
| 22 | ‘ My dad says give us a kiss , ’ shouted a little boy at the first stop in Rhyl . |
| 23 | Madeleine was sitting at the red and black wicker table in the little conservatory at the back of the house , pinning a paper pattern on to the green and blue paisley material she had spread out in front of her . |
| 24 | Once a dark toad clambered away towards the little burn at the side of the field . |
| 25 | Can I say about that little dig at the conservatives , I did actually have |
| 26 | Volumise the hair with a little back-combing at the crown . |
| 27 | In the little hall at the bottom of the stairs one door opened into a side passage leading to the street ; the other , to the back of the shop through which he had to pass to reach the studio . |
| 28 | When they were in the little hall at the foot of the stairs Francis said : ‘ Is father 's studio locked , Cathy ? ’ |
| 29 | Only once has he come close to losing his rag , when publicly embarrassed by his press secretary , Julie Hall , as she admitted giving the first name of the little girl at the centre of the health election broadcast row to the press . |
| 30 | I was only a little girl at the time . |