Example sentences of "and a [adj] little [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She wore a dark two-piece suit and a pert little hat with a feather that set it off well and I immediately was drawn to her . |
| 2 | William did n't know what it was — flood or earthquake , drought or famine , or a combination of all four — but they moved , and they took the fleas and the bacilli with them , and somewhere in their travels they encountered the black rat rattus rattus , and the drama began to move along a bit , because rattus rattus was a vagabond and a great little mover . |
| 3 | And a nice little bit of our plum jam ? |
| 4 | A good tie-up and a nice little earner . ’ |
| 5 | It 's been owned by a church charity since the 17th century and a nice little earner it is too . |
| 6 | Just think of a very heavy pebble making a very steep-sided dimple — and a poor little beetle struggling to get out of it , but slithering deeper and deeper into it . |
| 7 | With a shrug , and a solemn-faced little glance at Bodie , Cowley said , ‘ Unless you 're next on the list . ’ |
| 8 | " It 's a rotten pack of hounds and a rotten little country . " |
| 9 | Pappy and a dark little girl who was herself leaning against a lifeboat . |
| 10 | They are generally arranged back to back , and a rough little relief of Roman date shows that then at least they were so set . |
| 11 | Now we know his friend Des , and his girlfriend Rachel , and a cute little piccaninny who I 'll pick out easy in the schoolyard . |
| 12 | Built of solid oak , with steps on either side and a neat little turn style on the top , it was a typical piece of old world craftsmanship . |
| 13 | He opened one of the suitcases and took out an expensive tape recorder and a neat little package of cassettes . |
| 14 | She worked in a language school in Oxford , and returned home at night with coffee and flowers from the covered market , and a fine little air of independence . |
| 15 | We moved on to the shallow stage , where Fielding had installed a raft of video equipment ( with two pistol-grip cameras ) , a stereo , a coffee-table space game , a fishtank , two sofas facing two low steel desks , and a fat little fridge . |
| 16 | Fine cut lawns and terraced gardens lead from the main building down to the lake , and a pretty little pebble beach with safe swimming . |
| 17 | A wealthy lord to fleece and a tasty little wench for us to play with . ’ |
| 18 | Nice white socks and a proper little coat . |
| 19 | This deep bay has several idyllic small day anchorages along the north coast , and a busy little farming and sponge fishing village served by a tiny harbour . |
| 20 | Here there are three beaches and a busy little town which offers every facility . |
| 21 | Her foot slipped on the smooth tiles and a frightened little cry left her lips about one second before Mitch moved like lightning and caught her , his arms tightly around her , holding her close . |
| 22 | With an odd sigh , and a funny little shake of his head , he turned and hurried out . |
| 23 | ‘ No , ’ she husked , and then he was bending his head , and his mouth was touching hers , and a funny little moan escaped her . |
| 24 | I phone carpenters and painters , and a funny little man with glasses to dig up my garden . |
| 25 | With a hesitant smile back , and a funny little grimace , she apologized , ‘ I 'm sorry , I do n't know what that means . ’ |
| 26 | She gave me a weak smile and a fluttery little wave . |
| 27 | The next day , some well-planted flowers and a nippy little spider that jumped quite considerable chasms to get to where it wanted to go showed me that juice was still to be had for Life and , quite soon after , I found bits of myself on a train looking out at the curious modern mixture of silver birch trees growing on slag heaps . |