Example sentences of "[adj] the little [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Is that the little Yank ? |
| 2 | Is that the little man ? |
| 3 | Is that the little , is that the little dress ? |
| 4 | In the nineteenth the little stream which , when it joins the Brigach in the palace grounds becomes the Danube , was channelled underground . |
| 5 | Once the trap is complete the little animal burrows into the bottom of the pit and there lies in wait for unsuspecting prey . |
| 6 | Promptly at 1.30 the little comic arrived . |
| 7 | Not that he 's not tough , oh no , it 'd be a mistake to underestimate how vicious the little sod can be . ’ |
| 8 | In the early months of 1920 the little dining rooms in Cotton Lane prospered . |
| 9 | Aldershot method yeah which goes under the little the little rhyme words can anybody remember |
| 10 | ‘ But I 'm sure the little girl 's friends ran specially fast because they loved her so much . ’ |
| 11 | All the little man had to do was stand up and take one pace forward , parting the branches . |
| 12 | ‘ Let's take all the little bastard 's clothes off , and see how he looks as a nigger . ’ |
| 13 | And then there was money for maimed soldiers , for what they called visited persons , which was the plague , fire and candles for the courts of guards , that was paying for fire and candles for all the little sentinel posts round Oxford . |
| 14 | And like they on the bus , yeah , cos all , all the little school girls are sitting there with these huge tits out |
| 15 | With your paint brush ‘ oil ’ all the little metal edges and so on . |
| 16 | That was part of your job as a watchman , you have to all the little paraffin lamps , that 's all they were , sometimes they 'd keep alight and sometimes they would n't , they 'd go out but there was there was never much erm work at night times on the river , might be an old barge . |
| 17 | They wanted to stop then and there for the Sabbath — they and all the little stock they had brought with them . |
| 18 | Chapter 1 THE LITTLE SWEEP |
| 19 | So under the surface of the thick glass lay a mass of long gold threads , filling in the whole cavity of the box with their turns and tumbles , so that at first the little tailor thought he had come upon a box full of spun gold , to make cloth of gold . |
| 20 | The first the little report under the heading of faith and life , on page five of your reports the second is the report of the provincial advocate which is on page six and the third , the report of the Youth Secretary which is on page twenty . |
| 21 | At first the little goblin was glad to be rid of his charge . |
| 22 | I pushed open the little gate and walked to the desk . |
| 23 | Cornelius tore open the little package . |
| 24 | he 'll soon be two the little boy |
| 25 | Absolutely , could n't agree more , that s why I was fucking astounded to see the headlines in the sunday papers saying GIGGS BACK TO HIS MAGNIFICENT BEST the little shit did fuck all . |
| 26 | At last the little flame flared and she set it to the paper , watching the end blacken , smoulder and curl as it burned . |