Example sentences of "[vb -s] a [adj] little [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I looked at , it looks a good little shop does that |
| 2 | That looks a nice little house there , across there , it looks a big house actually |
| 3 | It now belongs to Lord Bolton and has a grand little tearoom where I have slaked the dust absorbed on summer cycling trips on many an occasion . |
| 4 | Farther north Dargaville has a pleasant little club , mainly a weekend operation , but they make visiting pilots welcome . |
| 5 | The Austria has a pretty little garden , ideal for some peaceful sunbathing ; all of the comfortable rooms have private facilities and a balcony . |
| 6 | ‘ Even has a secret little den where he takes the other members of his gang . |
| 7 | And if any film ever needs a playful little bastard , well , look no further . ’ |
| 8 | The programme carries the legend Europe 's Boldest Festival , while the poster features a cute little girl with curls in her hair and a flower in her mouth . |
| 9 | John rests his not-inconsiderable front on the glass counter of the gun display which offers a nice little Derringer for the wife , or a thirty-eight special . |
| 10 | The winner wins a lovely little mahogany table down there . |
| 11 | Gamma forms a pretty little group with Delta ( 4.6 ) and 7 ( 5.3 ) . |
| 12 | Forms a cheerful little mat of vivid magenta-pink flowers with black eye , above deeply cut foliage . |
| 13 | Sam Rollins smiles a grim little smile . |
| 14 | ‘ He sounds a right little charmer . |
| 15 | Yeah it seems a nice little idea , there 's a nice black bag with |
| 16 | Seems a naive little bitch : very anxious to meet her famous sister again , and kiss and make up some pathetic family squabble . ’ |
| 17 | A girl who pummels a destructive little brother who ruins her toys and finds she is the one who gets into trouble feels hurt and angry . |
| 18 | In an arranged marriage the husband often insists that his wife brings a pretty little mu tsai along as part of her dowry . |
| 19 | so it makes a lovely little toy . |
| 20 | And in the third interview , the net now drawn tight about him , when Porfiry makes a sudden little feint which suggests he wo n't be accused after all , ‘ Raskolnikov felt a rush of a new kind of fear . |
| 21 | In his first letter from there he makes a significant little admission to Theo , and encloses a sketch : ‘ I should like to begin making hasty sketches of some of the many things I meet … but as it would probably keep me from my real work it is better not to start . ’ |
| 22 | This leaves a nice little ladder which I zig zag down on both sides with my sewing machine , then cut up the centre of the ladder . |