Example sentences of "she had little [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had little idea as to the extent of his amputation and of his various trips back and forth from theatre . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Although convinced that she had been drugged before the race at York , she had little chance of persuading three Jockey Club stewards that she had not been drunk , out of her depth , hysterical , and she did n't want Nick to know either . |
| 4 | Being in an alleyway with only two exits , she had little chance of escape ; she was too shocked even to think of escape anyway . |
| 5 | She had little chance to talk or rest , and at lunch time was about to start eating when she noticed d'Urberville approaching . |
| 6 | In terms of her own policy , she had little choice ; she needed the support of leading Protestants as well as leading Catholics to complete the link with France . |
| 7 | But when the prince reminded her — oh , so gently — of the deception practised upon his royal parents on Twelfth Night , Anne realized she had little choice . |
| 8 | But then , she had little choice ; he would n't allow her to sleep in the car or to remain here without him . |
| 9 | He threw the handkerchief carelessly into a laundry basket , then before she knew what was happening , he was kissing the tips of her fingers , then her palms , then drawing her hands towards him so that she had little choice but to slide her arms around him and receive his kiss . |
| 10 | She had little choice . |
| 11 | She had little choice but to let him draw her close against him , until she was pressed tightly into the hard curve of his body . |
| 12 | Although the farmer expected his wife to cope , in many cases she had little preparation for the job . |
| 13 | Maria Iñes was dumpy and talkative ; Maria Teresa was dark and very like João , though not quite so good looking , and Maria de Graça was taller , plainer , and so intent upon winning herself a place in Heaven that she had little conversation for anyone apart from Padre Jorge , an oily man with plump little hands and a great anxiety to be first to agree with Dom João in everything he said . |
| 14 | His voice sounded so matter-of-fact that she had little difficulty in ignoring the more flattering words . |
| 15 | She was reasonably attractive , and outgoing , and normally she had little difficulty in establishing cordial relationships in both her working and social life . |
| 16 | She had little memory of this period later on . |
| 17 | However , she had little patience with those non-conforming ministers who continually moaned and complained about their losses and dangers , and , ‘ would have no man be a minister that had not so much self denial as to lay down all at the feet of Christ , and count no cost of suffering too dear to serve Him . ’ |
| 18 | She soon decided that the house was the most beautiful place she had ever seen , and though she had little experience of antique furniture or fine art works she immediately recognised that all the things she saw were of the highest quality . |
| 19 | She had little money for clothes , but that did not matter ; it did not even matter , much , to her , though sometimes she wished she had more than two dresses , one pink , one grey . |
| 20 | Celia disliked Georgina intensely , and she had little doubt of her guilt . |
| 21 | That questions and recriminations would creep in later she had little doubt , but for the moment she simply wanted to shut out the rest of the world , to step back into that circle of magic they had created , first in the pool , then in the factory car park when they had somehow made the rest of the world go away . |
| 22 | That David 's strange behaviour had something to do with Jennifer she had little doubt , so whatever would a meeting between them bring forth ? |
| 23 | She had little doubt that she had allowed her heart to rule her head , and , much as she had enjoyed what had happened between her and David , could she ultimately trust a man who had treated her sister the way he had ? |
| 24 | Frances Power Cobbe deplored the approval doctors gave to what she considered to be an essentially unhealthy lifestyle ; she had little faith in medical expertise and liked to recall the case of a women friend who , on deciding to stop seeing her doctor and carry on normally , promptly recovered . |
| 25 | From her expression , it appeared she had little faith that this august personage would oblige . |
| 26 | It was lucky for her that she was so busy just then , as she had little time to think during the day , and at night she was so tired that she fell asleep directly she got into bed . |
| 27 | Although she had little time to help organize the newspaper project , as she buzzed around discussing it with friends and jotting down ideas it began to get up steam . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | An addict of the pipe herself , she had little time for her son — the only one of three to survive — and left his rearing to her own mother . |
| 30 | She had little time to care for herself , and even less time for planning and preparing meals with proper thought and care . |