Example sentences of "and [pers pn] had little [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The English response was ineffective : the campaigns of the 1340s and 1350s had been essentially plundering raids , launched into enemy territory from secure bases ; but after 1369 England was thrown on to the defensive in Aquitaine , and she had little idea how to fight a defensive war . |
| 2 | Celia disliked Georgina intensely , and she had little doubt of her guilt . |
| 3 | Carrie was hard put to it and she had little time to talk with him , but it was not long before Billy turned up at the cafe eager to see his friend and Carrie directed him into the back room . |
| 4 | Congresses and committees did not scrutinize military funding and expenditure , and they had little opportunity to discuss military actions : the government did not announce the ventures in Chad and Uganda ; nor did they disclose training given to Chaddian , Palestinian and perhaps other freedom-fighters ( Tunisian , for example ) . |
| 5 | This was not a powerful cabal , and they had little expectation of early success . |
| 6 | But taking up their suggestions and using their materials was always optional ; and they had little power to change the general attitude of the public towards the ‘ non-academic ’ . |
| 7 | Garry Whannel traced four main themes in the analysis of football hooliganism in the popular press in the 1970s : fans were ‘ mindless/senseless ’ ; they were ‘ maniacs/lunatics ’ ; ‘ foul/subhuman ’ ( which led some fans to chant back at the police and the respectable public ‘ We hate humans ’ ) ; finally that they were ‘ so-called supporters ’ and in a small minority , i.e. they made up only a very small percentage of the crowd and they had little interest in the game itself . |
| 8 | Which you used to light with a taper or something like that and they had little chains on to adjust your light . |