Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] had little [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ T was regrettable , of course , though you obviously had little choice but to abandon modesty when the need was so imperative . |
2 | You only had little bits , they claimed Waterhall for , for farming . |
3 | She thus had little use for cinema which gave great weight to symbolism , and unfavourably contrasted symbolist poetry to the work of poets like Ezra Pound whose world operated , not through meaning , but through the ‘ direct impact of words ’ . |
4 | Dr Neil wanted to tell her to be careful , that she really had little idea of how hard and cruel the world was outside the privileged fastness in which she had previously lived , but he contented himself with saying instead , ‘ Have a good time , McAllister . |
5 | Unfortunately , they often had little experience in civil administration and although the system may have seemed effective in suppressing Lombard leadership , ultimately it acted against Frederick 's interests due to its inherent inefficiency and unpopularity . |
6 | Jacobitism became attractive to a variety of different groups in the 1690s , including commonwealth Whigs , although at this time it still had little support in society at large . |
7 | He genuinely had little concern with making money for its own sake , but he could not fail to be infected by Marjorie 's martyred attitude to their shortage of cash , and he resented being reminded of it by Kegan 's sleekness . |
8 | Despite his many languages , he also had little sense of cultures other than his own . |
9 | He probably had little understanding of the intensity of feeling about their rights and dignity which the communal life of the ancient monasteries engendered , and which Anselm shared . |
10 | For more than 40 years , since the passage of the 1944 Education Act , central government had no formal role in determining the curriculum of schools ; it probably had little role in practice for several years before . |
11 | Apart from predictable duties , like that of sitting through a performance of The Family Reunion ( a play for which he now had little affection ) , he was asked to crown the Swedish snow queen at the winter festival : he told Robert Giroux that he had hoped this might be combined with the Nobel ceremony itself , so that he could wear ice-skates with his tails . |
12 | Returning towards the island he saw five Ju88s heading out to sea and although he now had little ammunition left , attacked and thought that he had managed to damage one . |