Example sentences of "little [verb] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Little did I think I would soon be playing , or trying to play , this one . |
| 2 | Little did I think that the one-time pretty young copy typist would end up bellowing in my ear . |
| 3 | Little did I realise that I would end my ministerial career by spending much of my time on the Welsh Grand Committee . |
| 4 | Little did I know how right he was because the first thing that happened when David 's mother had a bad day , she would call me everything under the sun . |
| 5 | Little did I know that I was hooked . |
| 6 | Little did I know how serious they were . |
| 7 | Little did I know then that one day I would be training a fully grown bird of prey to hunt . |
| 8 | Little did I know how useful these things were going to be to me in the future . |
| 9 | This was exciting enough , but little did I know that after noon how much more exciting hunting rabbits with a hawk could be . |
| 10 | Little did I know she was gon na be me wife an' 'ave me children . ’ |
| 11 | Little did I know that my brief interlude in the north would stretch to eight years , bring me many more undreamed of adventures at sea in fantastic scenery and make me many very good lifelong friends in the islands of the West . |
| 12 | ‘ Little did I know that this was just the tip of an Iceberg , frozen on chat shows , enlarged on British Telecom commercials and now floating treacherously towards me . |
| 13 | Little did I know I was a fool slipping into danger and the black shadow of Benjamin 's great-uncle would soon trap me . |
| 14 | Little did I know that I would be confronted with the loss of a loved one , my husband Norman , so soon and unexpectedly . |
| 15 | Little did I imagine that such a move was destined for me within the next two years . |
| 16 | The principles of the NBS , brainchild of A1 Garden Aquaria 's Peter Oakes , were outlined in last month 's column , but little did I imagine that the device itself would be in my hands so soon afterwards , let alone up and running in time for this update . |