Example sentences of "[subord] [art] little [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | OLD Krems is built on the slope of the Danube 's left bank just where the little river Krems joins its greater sister . |
| 2 | They played a lively game of Hide ‘ N ’ Seek , where the little hedgehog would crawl away to hide in the weeds or under pile of leaves and the big beast would seek her out and bark loudly when he found her . |
| 3 | Without even really thinking about it , she pretended to trip , staggered in her direction , deliberately lost her balance , and managed to lob the leprechaun into a clump of grass where the little girl would be able to find it easily . |
| 4 | where the little skiff |
| 5 | With the children , at the hospital , in Pediatrics where the light is never off , where the little victims whom we patiently deform lie drugged and lost and itching — with the children John is at his briskest . |
| 6 | Once I tied a wasp to the striking-surface of each of the copper-coloured bells on the top , where the little hammer would hit them in the morning when the alarm went off . |
| 7 | THERE HAVE also been changes at the south end of the Kylesku Bridge , where the little cluster of buildings where vehicles formerly embarked on the ferry boat is now bypassed by the new road . |
| 8 | Where every little snot from Southwark can come knocking at your door , bothering you with their complaints . |
| 9 | By moonrise they had made their way through Newtown churchyard , where a little brook runs between the lawns and under the path . |
| 10 | Except the little bundle of Papers folded together under his pillow . |
| 11 | Immediately the little mountain tribesmen , who seemed to have stepped straight out of the sepia photographs in his history book , began unloading the baggage , and Joseph saw them take their crossbows and arrows from the carts and carry them to their own huts a hundred yards away along the riverbank … |
| 12 | He believed that people should spend as little as possible on themselves and think as little as possible about themselves — no more , indeed , than the little thought that was needed to keep them usefully alive . |
| 13 | ‘ Worse than the little horror inside a Dalek casing . ’ |
| 14 | Nevertheless , his attempt to move international relations from the study of relations between nations to the study of ‘ world society ’ ( leaving aside the essential vagueness of this latter idea ) , did represent a progressive problem shift for all those interested in the elephants rather than the little creatures . |
| 15 | I think it 's fairly obvious that a lot more suffering goes on in the name of love than the little happiness you can squeeze out of it . |
| 16 | Which I 'd say is less useful in fact than the little ones . |
| 17 | ‘ But I ca n't picture him any other way than the little boy he was on that last day I saw him . ’ |
| 18 | Gudgeon are the chief target as they certainly weigh better than the little perch and tiny silver fish , ’ said Steve . |
| 19 | The holy , rather , formed the permanent context of life , always and everywhere present , animating a community larger than the little group gathered around the altar , ready at any moment to manifest blessing or power , at special moments or special places . |
| 20 | Although the little hut at Trebyan was only a couple of hundred yards from the house and the pottery it was over the slope of the hill and hemmed in by gorse and hawthorn : a single large room with a verandah , built of lap boarding , raised on a brick base and set in the side of the hill . |
| 21 | ‘ So the little kitten has claws , ’ he murmured . |
| 22 | ‘ Beryl would n't look after the baby so her sister took it temporarily , but then Beryl really was ill with poliomyelitis so the little boy stayed with her sister . |
| 23 | Just as the church at Aughton stands as a touchstone of the spirit of the Derwent Ings , so the little church of St Thomas a Becket at Fairfield represents all the romance and loneliness of Romney Marsh . |
| 24 | ‘ So the little children really liked this animal ! ’ the President said . |
| 25 | Once the little ones had left the room , I shifted my position on the floor and sat cross-legged , trying to cover the soles of my feet with my skirt . |
| 26 | ‘ I do n't see why not , ’ she answered , although a little bit of Nora in her made her add , ‘ provided you keep sober . ’ |
| 27 | Unlike still red wines , sparkling Champagne does not benefit from a detectable tannin content , although a little tannin will be added prior to the last racking to activate the fining agent . |
| 28 | There was also ‘ more than a little evidence ’ that other people 's cigarette smoke causes glue ear in children . |
| 29 | England 's Nigel Redman gets beats the Eagles ' Chuck Tunnacliffe ( left ) and Norm Mottram ( black headband ) to the ball with a more than a little help from prop Jason Leonard as England beat the USA 37–9 in their World Cup Pool One clash . |
| 30 | Last season 's national finalists Watchorn Alfreton , of Derbyshire , may have left their title challenge a little late this year , but notched up their first victory in three games to jump up two places in the tables with more than a little help from experienced manager Ashley Broomhead . |