Example sentences of "[vb past] [art] little " in BNC.
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| 1 | We met the little boy who believes that all the inhabitants of an Arab village should be exterminated . |
| 2 | " We can break our bones and heal ourselves straight away , " whispered the little bird . |
| 3 | At once , she picked up the gold key from the table , unlocked the little door into the garden , and then began to eat a piece of mushroom . |
| 4 | He passed the little girl . |
| 5 | But we both agreed the little mite was the spitting image of the man . |
| 6 | The recent rain made the little stream passable and the water was very swift , shallow and rocky . |
| 7 | The Thing made the little electronic noise which was the machine 's equivalent of a nome clearing his throat . |
| 8 | The Thing made the little clicking noise that was its equivalent of clearing its throat . |
| 9 | And then er the the the lace trade he he worked on , when women wore high collars , boned high collars and he made the little narrow edging lace about like that and it was goffered so it made a frill round the face . |
| 10 | He had watched them silently as they lowered the little bush into the prepared hole , with considerable argument as to how the roots should be spread . |
| 11 | Whoever expected the little grey devils I had been assaulting with white arrows and rolling with white healing balls to reappear in my lung ? |
| 12 | But in 1986 Virani sold the little beer-maker for £25 million — only to buy it back again in 1988 for £8 million less . |
| 13 | The midwife laid the little scrap in Tamar 's arms and said , ‘ 'E 's a lovely lad , Lady Lassiter. 'E 's not big , but 'e 's all the world ti grow in . ’ |
| 14 | She laid the little box down ; she buttoned her gloves again . |
| 15 | He cleared his throat again and laid the little bat carefully on the table . |
| 16 | ‘ Eh ? ’ asked the little man . |
| 17 | Mummy was coming rather slowly , so I asked the little girl her name . |
| 18 | Did Mrs Johnson spell her name with a t ? asked the little reporter . |
| 19 | ‘ Did your watch stop when it hit the floor , Dad ? ’ asked the little boy . |
| 20 | Huy produced the little amulet of Ishtar from the linen pouch at his belt . |
| 21 | 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 ? |
| 22 | No , he I mean he , he still got the little |
| 23 | Maura watched as her mother checked the little girl from head to toe , shaking her head and tutting as she did it . |
| 24 | When David led the little group out onto the street , where he quickly hailed a Hansom cab , Cissie had linked arms with Beth , and was walking tall and proud like a ‘ young lady ’ should . |
| 25 | He was saddling a fat brown cob and I stared as he led the little animal out , climbed stiffly on to a box and mounted . |
| 26 | Conscious of the straining ears of the rest of the company , Paul Lexington led the little group out into the corridor . |
| 27 | He need n't be in such a hurry to disclaim her , Robbie thought indignantly , then realised the little clergyman was expecting her to shake hands . |
| 28 | She helped the little ones to get washed and dressed ; she helped them to play and draw and read . |
| 29 | Goldberg , pushing aside pad and pen , drew the little typewriter towards him and began to type again . |
| 30 | ‘ I 've fallen , ’ she said to me as I entered the little porch tacked on to the front of the house . |