Example sentences of "[conj] my little [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ameliaranne Stiggins , they suggest , has not been forced to take in washing to support the several children of her unfortunate failed early marriage — she did a New Horizons for Women course at her local community centre , passed her CQSW , and now works as a social worker in Tower Hamlets , where My Little Sister is her team leader . |
| 2 | Also , I was conscious that my little friend Suzi Hoflin is usually the only young one at these evenings , so I thought a couple of extra women nearer her own age would make her feel less conspicuous . ’ |
| 3 | I ca n't believe you genuinely think that … that my little designs in St Lucia would make any difference to the hundreds of pattern designs used by Sarah Chester Fabrics … ’ |
| 4 | It happened because me and my little boy were living with my mam . |
| 5 | And my little boy was he was only about three at the time and I used to be used to angry at him and my neighbour used to come in and take him . |
| 6 | They seemed quite pleasant young people , who listened intently to my greetings , my introductions and my little jokes . |
| 7 | I get a cooked breakfast , then I always get myself and my little girl washed and dressed first , because I take her to school . |
| 8 | Other elements are just naff : the mermaids look like crosses between Las Vegas showgirls and My Little Ponies , and the lair of the Lost Boys resembles a rejected set for Starlight Express . |
| 9 | But the place he took me to after lunch , the Colegio Ponce de Leon , where I was supposed to have rooms , was a rather stark student hostel , and my little room was very small , with just a narrow bed , a table and a chair . |
| 10 | Two more days went by and my little Angels left the slate . |
| 11 | Then the wind , with sudden violence , turned the Hispaniola , and my little boat with it , and we were both sailing fast into the open sea . |
| 12 | yeah I 've got a lot of relations , I 've got twenty , twenty seven er grandchildren , that includes the great grandchildren , twenty seven which I have er to get something for all at Christmas it 's a pantomime I 've got stuff here and everywhere sorting out for them , cos my little grandson tonight is coming round to wrap them up for me so I got to mind I have n't , leave his present in the way otherwise he 'll know what he 's got yeah he 's got , I got a tape for him , he wanted a tape called Madness so I 've got him a tape for it so I 've had to put that out the way so he does n't wrap that up , no he comes and does them up for me tonight , and a friend Ian will help him as well , so you know it 's , it 's great really |
| 13 | ‘ But if my little darling reads books like that at his age , ’ says the mother , ‘ what will he do when he grows up ? ’ |
| 14 | But it 's all so ironic — if my little tinkering with her inhaler had n't led to her death nobody would have known that Doreen guessed — that I 'd been helping myself to the firm 's cash now and then — only piffling amounts over the years I 'd been with them , a few thousand here and there , just enough for some designer clothes and jewellery . |
| 15 | But my little spasm of compassion does n't last long . |
| 16 | Oh no — throw it away , never mind when the whole of the earth 's covered in rusty cars and broken glass as long as my little house is spick and span . ’ |