Example sentences of "[vb past] like [art] little [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do not see why you should apologise to me in any way , it is I who behaved like a little monster . |
| 2 | and genuflected like a little Quasimodo , |
| 3 | You know , sort her meals out and then come back home that 's why she wants them to move in with her , cos they got like a little self contained flat there |
| 4 | Hid like a little dog within recall , |
| 5 | ‘ He sang like a little bird , once he knew the Admiral had already talked to us . ’ |
| 6 | Although she felt like a little girl who had gone into the wrong party room , she was determined that this woman would not keep her away from her husband . |
| 7 | Kate felt like a little girl who has been caught cheating in her exams . |
| 8 | He felt like a little boy suddenly told by his mother to share an afternoon at the cinema with another child . |
| 9 | So I went like a little lamb following a mother sheep , back to the same room . |
| 10 | Laughed and laughed like a little girl laughing . |
| 11 | And inside the cottage were his grandmother , ‘ a very buxom lady ’ who was ‘ the spittin' image ’ of his mother , and the grandfather , who ‘ looked like a little bird ’ with his wavy hair and pointed beard and bird-eyes . |
| 12 | It looked like a little man . |
| 13 | It looked like a little quonset hut , halfway up the right side of the page . |
| 14 | ‘ He said that you looked like a little ghost , and tried not to mention my name . |
| 15 | ‘ She looked like a little Biafran with these spindly arms and legs and this big , distended stomach . |
| 16 | Last night it cried like a little child , and I got out of bed and went to the window to listen . |
| 17 | He dropped his hands to his sides and stood like a little dog , found out , and admitting : ‘ Yes , I know I have a silly sort of fancy for Lal . |