Example sentences of "[vb past] had little [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd had little luck with the embassy . |
| 2 | Her sister would blame Claudia for tracking her down ; she would n't believe she 'd had little choice in the matter . |
| 3 | She had always suspected that he 'd had little time for any brain power that she might possess — just as she had always known that her chief value for him had been the almost instantaneous sexual desire they had felt for each other . |
| 4 | So far Kine had had little success persuading the BBC 's higher management to take his Department more seriously , so when Doctor Who came along he saw a golden opportunity . |
| 5 | The bill also dissolved , from December 1992 , the High Commission for the Fight against the Mafia ( which since the early 1980s had had little success ) in order to make way for the new Anti-Mafia Investigation Directorate ( DIA ) . |
| 6 | It had been less than two days since he had met the Doctor , and he had had little rest . |
| 7 | He had had little sleep from the commencement of the strike and was dog-tired . |
| 8 | She had travelled overnight from Germany , by boat and train , and had had little sleep . |
| 9 | He had had little idea of the dire straits prevailing at Berwick nor that time had all but run out . |
| 10 | Mr Hyslop had had little idea how badly he was injured until he was heading back to the station in the van . |
| 11 | Nevertheless , in the wake of last week 's one-point hike in interest rates , Friday 's Daily Mail commented that Mr Lawson had had little choice but to follow the West German increase . |
| 12 | Some young men , who had only experienced farming and had had little opportunity to further their education or develop wider skills , showed some bitterness and frustration . |
| 13 | One MPG teacher thought that , in theory , job satisfaction would increase if there was greater involvement in making decision , but he had had little experience of this ! |
| 14 | Lucien had had little experience of female-kind in his life , and it was the women of Mandru 's household who were the most kind to him during the first traumatic days of his life there . |
| 15 | It had continually opposed socio-political change and had had little understanding of the industrialization process up to that time . |
| 16 | His words were ringing in her ears now although they had had little impact before . |
| 17 | It is impossible to imagine such an accident ever happening to the meticulous and super-observant John Gould , but Darwin was no ornithologist , and , as a naturalist , he had had little training in the disciplines of collecting or identification . |
| 18 | So great had his concentration been on finishing the maps that Green had had little time to do anything else in those difficult years excepting for a brief visit to Buttermere in 1791 , and in 1793 he went to Wales and the Lake District with his stalwart helper Thornton ; but in 1794 he revisited Cumberland for twelve weeks two of which were devoted to Buttermere . |
| 19 | Pearn and I were very concerned to ensure that the troops who would liberate Burma should know something of the country and its people , for the army that fought the retreat in 1942 had had little time to learn any of the background . |
| 20 | They had had little time to socialise and some had lost contacts with friends and neighbours as a direct result of being in full-time employment . |
| 21 | The major reason given for the closure of railway lines and stations was that the 1950s modernization plan for the railways had had little effect on stemming an ever-rising deficit in running costs . |