Example sentences of "little [noun sg] at the " in BNC.

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1 Although he has had relatively little experience at the commercial end of publishing , he chaired OUP 's finance committee for 13 years , and has confounded scepticism with OUP 's record since his appointment as chief executive .
2 The summer timetable saw very little change at the Western end of the Cambrian but a notable addition was an 07:00 Newtown to Birmingham service each weekday using stock and crews brought out a a passenger service from Salop .
3 I did a little research at the time of the East German business .
4 There 's little room at the top of the tower , this year celebrating it 's 500th anniversary , but the choiristers have been performing the traditional May Carol there for centuries .
5 There is very little incentive at the moment because you are constrained with what you can do with the money . ’
6 I was still arguing childishly against myself when I heard a little noise at the door .
7 We 're gon na have a little look at the video in a minute , but before we do that I 'd like to erm draw you attention to a situation This is a real one which erm was an accident that took place .
8 Mm I 'll just show you one last one and then we 'll we 'll we 'll start this again and have a little look at the beginning .
9 It 's right , it 's correct it is minus twelve but I could see you were really not very sure what you should be doing about that , that 's great , you 've found , you 've got that down to there , let's have a little look at the number line , zero , one , two , three and so on , minus one , minus two , minus three , minus four .
10 Keith Richards used to stay in the little cottage at the bottom of Ron 's garden .
11 ‘ Well he lives in that little cottage at the bottom of the steep pitch just past the green , ’ Joe continued with a grin , ‘ as he staggers down the hill his legs have to go faster and faster to stop him falling on his face . ’
12 The farm had originally been two or three houses and there was a little cottage at the back where a lady we used to call Aunt Polly lived .
13 And the hot water system was a little boiler at the side of the fire as well and you used to have a ladle and take it out of the out of the er out of the boiler on the side .
14 Well a key should have a little bit at the bottom to say what what 's it stands for .
15 So do n't feel that that you should wait until the end although we do leave a a little bit at the end just for questions and you may have noticed that there 's either a tea break or a meal break after each talk .
16 We 'll also be looking back a little bit at the Breeder 's Cup , we 'll also have the result of your poll for the Channel Four racing personality of the year , there 's the picture puzzle and lots of other things as well which I ca n't remember .
17 Really it 's about , you know , huge erm rhododendrons , it 's only a little bit at the end of that .
18 now that tape that 's in now , tt , there 's a little bit at the front of that and it 's been on , oh it must of been on a fortnight and it does n't matter what you record
19 That 's all I always wanted to do in the lodge with a , with a little field at the side and all , I wanted to get a load of cars and dismantle them
20 Yesterday she had gone to the dingy little newsagent at the corner of the street to pay the paper bill , and to buy Matey a writing pad and envelopes , when she had seen on the counter a pile of postcards depicting society beauties .
21 It was nearly two in the afternoon when , having watched the changing of the Guard at the Amalienborg Palace , admired the copper spire of the old Stock Exchange formed by the twisted tails of four dragons , gazed in appreciation at the magnificent Gefion 's Fountain and paid the customary respects to the statue of the Little Mermaid at the entrance to the harbour , she caught a bus back to the canal district .
22 And you get this little bonus at the end of the month , maybe a couple of quid on top of your one pound sixteen shillings .
23 The torch was passed from the grand old man to the heir-apparent at a touching little ceremony at the end of the Cabinet meeting on 5 April .
24 ‘ The immediate effects of the theft were considerably lessened both by the death of Laura Stratton and on the very next day by the murder of Dr Kemp , the man to whom the Tongue was due to be handed over that day at an official little ceremony at the Ashmolean .
25 ‘ Just a little liaising at the lower levels . ’
26 Sara had said that she just was not prepared to live any longer in the jerry-built little terrace at the bottom of the village .
27 ‘ My dad says give us a kiss , ’ shouted a little boy at the first stop in Rhyl .
28 Madeleine was sitting at the red and black wicker table in the little conservatory at the back of the house , pinning a paper pattern on to the green and blue paisley material she had spread out in front of her .
29 Once a dark toad clambered away towards the little burn at the side of the field .
30 Can I say about that little dig at the conservatives , I did actually have
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