Example sentences of "and [v-ing] [art] little [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here he created a pond , making a point of issue and a channel to a further pond , and building a little bridge from water-worn stones so that it would look entirely natural . |
| 2 | Conservationists have an enormous job to keep the populations high enough for continued existence , while preventing them from growing too large and wrecking the little bit of space that is left to them . |
| 3 | And looking a little cooler , Emma Jesson from the weather department . |
| 4 | Instead of mountain tops it was flattering the Kingsbrook meadows and turning the little river into a ribbon of shimmering metal . |
| 5 | Converting the loft could be the least expensive way of providing more space and adding a little value to the property . |
| 6 | It 's the fat doorman at a terribly grand hotel , dressed in the livery of an olde worlde flunkey to give foreign tourists a thrill , and blowing a little whistle , his cheeks puffed like Aeolus sending out the wind . |
| 7 | She had for a while become a Monotype operator , on one of the " women 's machines " , and also remembers " trying to do imposition " and doing a little display work in one mainly jobbing firm where she worked for a short time . |
| 8 | I 've been up the road ages waiting in the shop , talking and having a little chat and |
| 9 | ‘ Mama — ’ she said — and giving a little cry , ran towards the low wooden bed . |
| 10 | In any case , resolved to bring the whole matter to a satisfactory conclusion as quickly as possible , I proceeded further into the library , and stopping a little way from Mr Cardinal 's writing desk , gave a cough . |
| 11 | I can only go on reading their case notes , and knowing a little bit about the home situation from talking to folks … ’ |
| 12 | He came wearing his purple confessor 's stole and carrying the little box of sacred oils for the anointing of the dying . |
| 13 | So she stayed in her parents ' home during the winter , helping to look after the children , making clothes for them and earning a little money whenever she could . |
| 14 | A great , black bird was flapping and hopping a little way behind the herd . |
| 15 | Having dared , with one or two others , to open the door , I feel I 've been trampled in the rush and I 'm now standing up and waving a little flag saying , ‘ No , no , this is where we should be . ' |
| 16 | Carey set to work clearing the jungle and erecting a little bamboo hut with fences to keep out tigers ! |
| 17 | They just felt like going out and killing a little pillock . |