Example sentences of "i [vb past] [art] little [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With these words ringing in my ear I became a little girl again — hurt , angry and rejected . |
| 2 | Mummy was coming rather slowly , so I asked the little girl her name . |
| 3 | No-one else in our aircraft appeared to be the least bit concerned , but my relief as we finally drew near the coast of England again and then began our descent to the safety of solid earth was so great that I made a little promise to myself that I would never again set foot in an aeroplane , so long as I could be permitted to survive this one trip . |
| 4 | I made a little hole , and when I reached orgasm the earth made some very heady smells — of flowers and rosemary . ’ |
| 5 | I think I made a little note . |
| 6 | Well I planned a little bit but even if I plan I still ca n't write it . |
| 7 | I I I got a little bit involved in that a few years ago , when I was working on it , having had some scepticism before-hand . |
| 8 | I got a little bit of dinner , dinner there now |
| 9 | I got a little work-bench in there , and me stores of sprays and weed-killers and potting compost . |
| 10 | I got a little purse ! |
| 11 | That 's right , it 's just that I worked , I think , yesterday I could n't get into erm , I just could n't get into and yesterday I must admit I felt really rough and erm , I thought at three o'clock I was going to have to ring Iris , cos I knew you were still out you see and at three o'clock I thought I was going to have to ring Iris er just to come in cos I ca n't like your head was my stomach was churning over , it was n't till , soon as I get some food in front of me oh I get , you see I did n't feel too cracking in the morning and I thought well there 's lots of stomach bugs going about and I thought well I 'm having one of them , and I did n't know what I fancied for lunch and I cooked the kiddies theirs , they had fish and what have you , and erm , I thought well what can I have , I thought I what , I thought I got a little tin of salmon there , so I thought right I 'll have a salmon sandwich and I had that and believe me I felt , by three o'clock I could see myself picking me up off the floor , I only got spots before my eyes as such , but , I just had , I had four , five cups of water , I did n't drink any tea , and I wish then , well I do n't know whether I could have felt any worse when I had the sandwich or not to be honest . |
| 12 | Alright , I can open this up , I got the little box , there you are , just a minute and , oh Charlotte , oh you are a menace , there you are , now you be quiet for a minute will you ? |
| 13 | I tried a little name-dropping : ‘ Do you , by any chance , know my friend Solly Zuckerman ? ’ |
| 14 | In Petts Wood I found a little space like that to park in . |
| 15 | I found a little bit of string choking on the upper three frets and on inspection , found there to be a slight bow to the neck . |
| 16 | Which I found a little bit surprising . |
| 17 | This girl who 's hair I do erm her little girl , Karla cor she 's if I found a little girl to look like her , I 'd have one ! |
| 18 | After a time , I found a little cave in the side of a hill . |
| 19 | One day I found a little bag . |
| 20 | Well , I found a little room for you — attic , I 'm afraid , hope you do n't mind- and I 've put everything up there . |
| 21 | The bushes , you know , so I , I moved a little bit of it , it 's got . |
| 22 | I caught the little boy , but when the child saw me , he covered his eyes with his hands and screamed loudly . |
| 23 | I built a little village downstream from the dam , complete with roads and a bridge over the remnant of the burn , and a church . |
| 24 | I hummed a little tune , even as the ghosts gathered round me , silent and threatening . |
| 25 | ‘ I 've fallen , ’ she said to me as I entered the little porch tacked on to the front of the house . |
| 26 | and what we 've got to do is er er as I said to Ed a little while ago , I mentioned a little while ago , we need to gather the other thin section |
| 27 | If ever I told a little lie , my father [ Sir Michael Havers , former Attorney General ] could tell just like that . |
| 28 | I told the little sods to get their dad , but as usual he ai n't nowhere to be seen . ’ |
| 29 | I learnt something about myself , I learnt a little bit about how members of the class view me , certain physical characteristics which are habits which I try to stop . |
| 30 | I thought I recognised the little shit . ’ |