Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] little [adj] than a " in BNC.
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| 1 | My rather innocent trust crumbled when I realized that as far as the police were concerned , I was little better than a criminal on whom they must keep tabs . |
| 2 | For even then I was falling in love with you , though you were little more than a child at the time . ’ |
| 3 | But it was surely unlikely that he had talked over the idea with someone who was little better than a stranger . |
| 4 | An attempt to cajole lay opposition was made by the issue of the ‘ Articles of Stamford ’ in July 1309 , but they were little more than a reissue of the Articles on the Charters , Articuli super Cartas , of 1300 . |
| 5 | There was just enough slope in the field to give him a decent run , though she felt sure it must be frustrating for someone so skilled to be stuck on what was little better than a nursery area . |