Example sentences of "but [verb] very little [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With respect to the embalming [ of ] Bodies , the methods that were commonly practised could , I know , have no effect ; at that time I read a good many Books upon ‘ Balsamation ’ but got very little instruction from reading these : according to my own Idea the best way would be to preserve the Body for some time that putrefaction should hardly be able to take place , & that it should gradually get rid of its moisture , & that , when it dried , it should have such imbalming juices in it , that it should resist putrefaction , & the insects at the same time be either kept off or destroyed : I set out with this Opinion & thought that something must be thrown thro' the whole Body : the when the Body was preserved , my Idea of getting rid of moisture was , to place the Body in some strong absorbent substance , & that substance which proved best I thought was Paris Plaister & I thought I could lay in a common Coffin such a quantity of Paris Plaister as would take out all the moisture & then I thought the Body should be rather in a wooden case than a leaden one because the Wood would assist the Absorption . |
| 2 | Edward Lear , drawing parrots and toucans in the zoo , got them very lifelike but left his backgrounds very sketchy , letting the bird stand out brilliantly but giving very little clue about its habitat . |
| 3 | A game , he confessed , in which he was deeply interested but had very little skill . |
| 4 | I learned that my wife had been released but had very little money to live on . |
| 5 | They spoke Hausa , but had very little training in teaching it . |