Example sentences of "[pers pn] have little [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Shouting at cats or hitting them has little effect .
2 No matter that I had little knowledge of regional variety .
3 At the time I had little knowledge of dogs .
4 By the end of that season , when he won his first championship by a large margin , I had little doubt who had achieved the triumph : Niki is no braggart , but in the first of many longish talks , he explained to me that his nature was such that he really just could n't stand the second-rate ; and if you saw the second-rate around you , you had a clear choice — either you cleared out and found yourself the first-rate or you simply demanded that second-rate people became first-rate .
5 ‘ As a nurse , I could not understand why she did not directly approach the hospitals concerned , for at that time I had little doubt that she would have received informed , prompt , honest replies . ’
6 The person was a friend and I knew she was a healer — although , as you will have realised , I had little idea what a healer was or did .
7 I had little idea at that time of the pernicious nature of cancer .
8 He had happened upon me at the crucial moment : I had little idea of who I was or what I was entitled to from life , let alone what it behoved me to contribute .
9 But I found I had little idea how to set about producing a crime short story .
10 I commented to Miklós that I had little hope of the New World solving the problems of the Old when it could not face up to its own difficulties .
11 I had little hope of re-employment , and so it seemed to me that the only thing to do was to set up in business , ’ he explains .
12 I decided I must go up to Addis Ababa and try to get permission to start again , but I had little hope of succeeding .
13 Up till about 1980 I had little experience of float fishing for big bream , and I do n't recall ever having read anything on the subject .
14 ‘ I must admit at that time I had little sympathy for the victims , having heard gruesome evidence at court , but my feelings have now changed .
15 I did it willingly because I still loved his company so much , but I had little money .
16 Customs officer Steve , 27 , of Corringham , Essex , said : ‘ I had little choice in the matter . ’
17 You bullied me into becoming your girlfriend , so I had little choice but to obey , but now I 've grown up .
18 But little of the necessary reading for " Schools " interested me : I had little interest in constitutional development , political theory or economic growth , none at all in the Industrial Revolution and the technical and scientific achievements that ushered in the modern age .
19 I said that without my dear brother I had little care where I was , and no one I wished to speak to .
20 I had little time for more than a quick glance round the room .
21 This reinforced my interest in the subject , but as I soon became involved in postgraduate studies in busy medical , surgical and then paediatric units I had little time to pursue it at that stage .
22 Amid all these shattering events I had little time to try to find out what had happened to Eric .
23 However , I had little time to waste on Maté .
24 While you co-operate with them , the Iranian government will no doubt overlook your political leanings — and I 've little doubt they 'll be aware of them .
25 And then , I 've little silver to spend . ’
26 I have little doubt that more help will be needed after next year , ’ he said .
27 He argues : ‘ I have little doubt that on average we will see a premium of about a third , but it could take a few weeks to get there .
28 I have little doubt , however , that we would live a great deal longer than we do , were it not the case that the same evolutionary changes that make an animal fit when it is young may condemn it to deteriorate when old .
29 I have little doubt that the ‘ Nicas ’ are spawning , but the plec is making a midnight feast of the eggs .
30 Sir John said placidly : ‘ If that is the case — that he knows something we do n't — I have little doubt that he 'll tell us in the fullness of time . ’
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