Example sentences of "a little [noun sg] [conj] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This operation is another example of how things do not always go according to plan , but with a little luck and a lot of hard work a successful conclusion can be reached . |
| 2 | A little smoke and a couple of pills doth not a junkie make . |
| 3 | All that 's needed is a little time and a box of index cards with dividers . |
| 4 | And if I got summat Annie wanted — you know , like a little necklace or a whistle or summat , I 'd just give it to her , and Mum would say what a polite boy I was , and Dad would smile at me , and we 'd all be happy . |
| 5 | He looked so tall and reliable and gentle and wise , and always greeted her in a kindly way with a little bow and a murmur . |
| 6 | They leave them in these lay-bys while they have a little kip or a cup of tea . |
| 7 | It took me four hours at a boffin-house and lasted through two sherries , three bottles of wine , a little brandy and a proposal ( of marriage ) . |
| 8 | ‘ She gave a little scream and a jerk , and so relieved herself … ’ |
| 9 | In his old age , Banks presided over the destruction of these fens , supporting the drainage projects of John Rennie , according to The Farmer 's Magazine of February 1807 , against ‘ a party of uninformed people , headed by a little parson and a magistrate ’ . |
| 10 | Calls for a little delicacy and a modicum of finesse . ’ |
| 11 | So that 's why I 'm going around with a little machine and a microphone on |
| 12 | ‘ Leo ! ’ she exclaimed crossly as she gave a little hop and a skip to keep up with his long strides . |
| 13 | Maybe , we wondered , there are derelict areas , or a few jigsaw puzzle pieces , on the edge of our own city , or within its boundaries which , with a little compromise and a lot of imagination … ? |
| 14 | The charming story of a little girl and a queen . |
| 15 | Go up Road , and from there turn down Follyhouse Lane the continuation of it and you 'd come right to the Dales and nothing at all from there to West Bromwich , and you could see , if you go over one stile from one field then onto another and then brook that now runs through the Road there , that used to be a little country brook that run across the golf course and there was a little stile over it , a little bridge and a stile , then you go straight up to Dells common and not a house in sight . |
| 16 | You know he 's going into the country so I 'm to go too and I 'll live nearby in a little room or a shed , for I 'm going to put my life in order , I 'm crazed with living in London and in the pubs and getting drunk every day , no wonder I could n't write poetry , for I could n't think . |
| 17 | The roundness of the pleat is improved by filling it with a little wadding or a tube of curtain buckram . |
| 18 | Still , it was the hangover of that piece of moral cowardice at Lochgair station , along with everything else , that led to me feeling so profoundly awful with myself that evening ( after the train finally did get into Queen Street and I walked back , soaked and somehow no longer hungry , in the rain to the empty flat in Grant Street ) , that mum had to call me there , because I had n't been able to bring myself to phone her and dad … and I still managed to feign sleep and a little shame and a smattering of sorrow and reassure her as best I could that really I was all right , yes of course , not to worry , I was fine , thanks for calling … and so of course after that felt even worse . |
| 19 | Colourless nail varnish should be applied to the suspender points and toe join as well as ladders or snags so that if you got a little ladder or a snag you put colourless nail varnish on it . |
| 20 | Well , frankly , I 'd rather have a little mud than a hatchet thrown at my back . |
| 21 | He 's got a TV and a phone and a little library and a garden . |
| 22 | And when that poor tramp perished out on the roadside one severe winter or spring time the Duke found out where it was and to this very day there 's a little mound and a stone put on it . |
| 23 | Everyone has their own room with a little fridge and a kettle , but you do have to share kitchen and bathroom . ’ |
| 24 | Her action is a little flat and a shade on the short side . |