Example sentences of "[pers pn] little " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even when I can understand all they are saying , they give me little opportunity to reply , so anxious are they to keep up the headlong momentum of their own speech ; then they complain that I say nothing ! |
| 2 | I let me little lot go , sir , see . |
| 3 | ‘ Nurses tell me little has changed with staffing levels . |
| 4 | It caused me little inconvenience and even less pain and I was still able to manoeuvre myself into reasonable position and qualify for the final . |
| 5 | I played off seven at my best — politics left me little time for practice , but lack of concentration was the real problem . |
| 6 | The critics never review my work , but this concerns me little as they have no power and little influence . |
| 7 | Come me little washer lad , come let's away , |
| 8 | Come me little washer lad , come let's away , |
| 9 | It gives me little pleasure to agree with him , but I do so . |
| 10 | ‘ You give me little encouragement . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I was fortunate in my choice of boat , and my equipment gave me little trouble . |
| 12 | ‘ You 're burning up with love for me , are n't you , me little darlin' ? ’ |
| 13 | The old men in Beijing may not be sure of how to respond to the tactics that such behaviour makes possible ; certainly , previous governors chose to give them little experience of them , preferring the old , almost hallowed , practice of kowtowing to them . |
| 14 | Although Mr Jones final orders were neither carried out nor enforced , he became progressively more violent and was drunk more often , leaving them little or no money for food . |
| 15 | ‘ I fear I was paying you little attention . |
| 16 | He talks enthusiastically about ‘ getting back to some real police work ’ in ‘ the real world ’ , even though his responsibilities as Divisional Commander will be mainly administrative and give him little or no contact with the ‘ dangerous classes ’ . |
| 17 | Not surprisingly they may consequently pay it little attention and even discard it altogether . |
| 18 | The private sector , however , had no intention of extending coverage to those who could offer it little or no return on their balance sheet . |