Example sentences of "i [vb past] the little [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mummy was coming rather slowly , so I asked the little girl her name . |
| 2 | Alright , I can open this up , I got the little box , there you are , just a minute and , oh Charlotte , oh you are a menace , there you are , now you be quiet for a minute will you ? |
| 3 | I caught the little boy , but when the child saw me , he covered his eyes with his hands and screamed loudly . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've fallen , ’ she said to me as I entered the little porch tacked on to the front of the house . |
| 5 | I thought I recognised the little shit . ’ |
| 6 | I noticed the little girl with her , yes . |
| 7 | As I fell , I dropped the little monster and it escaped . |
| 8 | ‘ Do n't leave me , Kaptan , ’ I begged the little boy . |
| 9 | I pulled the little guy from my pocket and set him down on my desk . |
| 10 | The whole world fell away beneath us as we soared upwards , and leaning back and enjoying it I watched the little valley unfold along its twisting length until I could see away into the main Dale with the great hills billowing round and white into the dark clouds . |
| 11 | I lost the little bastard . |
| 12 | As I cleaned the little beauty and mounted it in my new display case , I promised myself that I would do everything possible to provide it with a few companions in the months that followed . |
| 13 | I saw the little cat first . |
| 14 | I gathered the little thing into my arms and she pressed against me . |
| 15 | I TOOK the little cinder that was the remains of the wasp and put it into a matchbox , wrapped in an old photograph of Eric with my father . |
| 16 | It was the path from my cottage , and I remembered the little cove called Halfway House , a cove where in any weather a boat might tie up safely and its owner make his way round to Taigh na Tuir . |
| 17 | With the legacy she left me when she died I bought the little flat on Fernhill . |
| 18 | For it was with Mme Deloche that I discussed the little book I had started putting together in Paris : Cooking with Difficulty . |
| 19 | I put in me bag when I go up the school and I had the little microphone hanging out . |
| 20 | I hoped the little puppy had got well away . |