Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [art] little [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There 's nothing wrong with being emotional about a little boy 's death . |
| 2 | She 'd feel a little sorry for the little girl if she blacked out in the race and fell under all those hooves . |
| 3 | I feel sorry for the little girl and I suggest to the writer that she consoles her daughter by telling her that the vile custom of killing wild animals for fun is on the way out , that almost all british people feel as she does , and are determined to end such cruelty , and that she can help to bring about its end by supporting the League Against Cruel Sports and talking about the work they do to her schoolfriends . |
| 4 | Pauline , who always had back problems , felt so sorry for the little mare that she took her over from Jackie . |
| 5 | Natalie Merchant 's voice — so emotive it could make you like a song about King Of The Gits Jack Kerouac and feel sorry for the little bunny rabbits that we cruelly kill for a laugh — rose through songs which flew and were simultaneously ecstatic and melancholy . |
| 6 | As long as no one is inflicting harm on anyone else , why should they be made to feel guilty for a little self-indulgence ? |
| 7 | When the subject of his father cropped up , which was not very often , Phil found that she could speak of him with true affection , keeping alive for the little boy his early memories of a loving father . |
| 8 | So got that as a little project and on that subject let's talk about |
| 9 | ‘ Would n't it be better to love like that for a little while than never to know what it is like ? ’ she asked herself silently . |
| 10 | I imagine you 'll want to think about that for a little while . ’ |
| 11 | Do you think I could wear that for a little while ? |
| 12 | No I 've always liked the in Woking , I 've always liked that for a little snack . |
| 13 | Only four or so turns of the screw secure the blade , and quick changes were possible after a little practice . |
| 14 | But he 's not the sort of person that 'll say ah yeah we 've been doing this for a little while , why do n't we just take off and go somewhere and fuck it , fuck it , let's just go and do something together he 's the sort of person that they would settle down into this safe little life and , which would n't actually be that safe for Vanessa , it 'd be very very you know , much what Dangerous wants to do . |
| 15 | ‘ Where is the space in all this for the little man ? |
| 16 | Then I undressed her , and dressed her up in her own clothes , she acquiescent as a little child , talking all the time about the snowdrops , and how the days were beginning to draw out — and everything except people , and the circumstances in which we found ourselves . |
| 17 | She was like this as a little girl . |
| 18 | We want some for a little jacket mum |
| 19 | Sometimes it may be appropriate to support the child who appears to be being facetious : " People often laugh when things are really difficult — maybe it would help us make the decision if we did something quite different for a little while . " |
| 20 | He had been accosted only recently by an irate Aggie Temple when he drove his cart into Page Street , and now he had to steer clear of the little turning until he could fulfil his promise to get the woman a genuine tomcat mouser which had been doctored . |
| 21 | It was something of a shock to him to realize how fond of the little boy he had become . |
| 22 | She had , like everyone else , become very fond of the little Burgermeister . |
| 23 | A pinstriped husband in the city patronisingly fond of the little woman and her projects . |
| 24 | In 1961 , however , Macmillan 's Conservative Government was forced to confront the underlying weaknesses of British economic performance , and , as the Cabinet debated various strategies , the Prime Minister noted the emergence of ‘ a rather interesting and quite deep divergence of view between Ministers , really corresponding to whether they had old Whig , Liberal , laissez-faire traditions , or Tory opinions , paternalists and not afraid of a little dirigism . |
| 25 | Marion had seen his pennon on the galley , and was waiting for him as he walked tall and dignified behind the little girl . |
| 26 | The well known combination of pork and pineapple has tremendous possibilities but none is better than pineapple grilled or fried with a little butter to serve with bacon and eggs . |
| 27 | And , when all 's said and done , there 's not much wrong with a little wantonness here and there . |
| 28 | The smell of disinfectant was strongest in the little room that had once been his . |
| 29 | She remembered only two things about New York with affection : the man at Pennsylvania Station , perched high in a little glass box , who announced the trains in the rhythm of a square dance , and the man who returned her purse which she 'd dropped on the platform — a black man . |
| 30 | ‘ Have a chocolate ? ’ said Susan , offering her some in a little dish . |