Example sentences of "[prep] the [adj] little [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would also nominate William Trevor , who is comparison a miniaturist with a Dostoevskian eye for the odd little incident , the world of the irrational and the way it impinges on ordinary life . ’ |
| 2 | As for the mysterious little girl , she was never seen again . |
| 3 | And they 're looking for the first little thing ! |
| 4 | All attempts by the parents to have a Lydia or a Charles would be doomed to failure : one Lydia just lived to see her first birthday — the first two years of life seeming to be the most dangerous by far for the poor little infants — and the next passed away at the age of three , baptised at St John 's but buried by the Baptists of Badcox Lane . |
| 5 | What no one had expected was that my xenophobic father should find himself first sorry for the poor little foreigner and then gradually — but quite irreversibly — falling in love with her . |
| 6 | He stuck hi and he get that wound up towards the end I felt sorry for the poor little soul ! |
| 7 | Trees are being imported from Florida for the vast Little Britain office complex near the Barbican . |
| 8 | ‘ You ca n't possibly … you ca n't leave me here , in New York , alone with the children ! ’ she exclaimed helplessly , panicking at the thought of being solely responsible for the two little girls . |
| 9 | She wound up the window and started to cruise round , her eyes searching for the nice little space that would take her white Golf GTI . |
| 10 | Yet , when one looks back , it all seems dim and forgotten already , except for the silly little incidents which stick in one 's mind , such as when we were dive-bombed one morning and the sergeant-major fell into his porridge ! … |
| 11 | I could accept that I had been foolish , but that acceptance was not yet a sufficient antidote for the niggling little pain in my heart . |
| 12 | We used to do any typing that was needed for the Aurae Phiala publications , and for the few little books and articles Stephen occasionally produced . |
| 13 | ‘ Three cheers for the three little piggies ! |
| 14 | even though for the next little bit I 'll be seeing her myself as well , but , somebody has to go , only an added incentive so , so is n't it ? |
| 15 | Jay borrowed Lucy 's pre-occupied indifference for the next little while . |
| 16 | Suddenly , and perhaps for the first time , Shirley Brown felt a twinge of affection for the lonely little woman who seemed far more aware of what was going on than any of them . |
| 17 | Had it not been for the empty little bottle in the pocket of her skirt — which could so easily have been swept away by the waves — the fisherman 's description of the likely accident would have satisfied everyone . |
| 18 | Diane Whiteley is superb as the good little girlfriend who is egged on to display her wares by her pathetic lover . |
| 19 | Nichetti once again casts himself as the noble little guy in a bewildering universe — more Buster Keaton than Woody Allen — this time dubbing sound effects on to animated features which gradually stray from their screens and absorb his entire body . |
| 20 | I bet you never saw me as the faithful little wife . |
| 21 | And yet , ’ said Philip , shivering as the bleak little wind from Severn ruffled his grey tonsure , ‘ I swear he has received very tolerable usage there , better than I dared expect , and why he keeps such a particular hatred against the lord Isambard is something I can not fathom . |
| 22 | I should add that there are also a great many flowers that seem to have rather negative meanings , such as the lovely little lawn daisy , which apparently means ‘ delay ’ , or ‘ return after a few days when I may give you an answer ’ — not necessarily the most suitable text to put on a bookmark . |
| 23 | In between the bright little shops of Sligo , the dank ruinous atmosphere of Ireland 's Everytown intruded . |
| 24 | There 's something even more familiar about the satisfying little reluctance with which the popper gives , and something yet more familiar still about the contrast between the grained texture on the outside and the red smoothness of the inside . |
| 25 | Does he know about the poor little kiddy ? ’ |
| 26 | Soon all my master 's neighbours were talking about the strange little creature he had found in a field . |
| 27 | Relieved by unloading her bombshell , Jonquil began to move about the forlorn little shop , examining books . |
| 28 | She dropped off to sleep , I believe , and may have snored in her own quiet way through the two little holes in the top of her beak . |
| 29 | I walk slowly through the tunnel beneath the line , one of a dozen returning commuters , cross over the road with ten of them , make my way through the gnarled little streets beyond the redundant town hall with eight of the ten , and begin to climb the scarp of the South London hills with the remaining five . |
| 30 | He desperately needed a drink but he knew he had to get through the next little while — ten minutes , half an hour , an hour — completely sober . |