Example sentences of "[adv] like a little " in BNC.
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| 1 | So what did John look like perhaps like a little Billy Bunter did n't he ? |
| 2 | It 's only like a little village is n't it ? |
| 3 | Erm , by having know that the land grows the weeds and no pesticides not disturbed , there 's no shooting , they 're never shot around here , the birds can come in sheltered , you know , they , they 're just like a little nature reserve , protected area , game park you know , nothing shot at just left and er they like it obviously , I mean it 's like anything once it learns that er it 's gon na be left alone it comes again and again . |
| 4 | No erm it was just it was just like a little er spot on his ear and the vet sent it off to find out what it was |
| 5 | ‘ Just like a little girl . |
| 6 | I think they were about twelve pounds just for a , just some little things that you can use just like a little seaside pail but the totem pails , totem poles , it was totem pails |
| 7 | It 's not , it 's just like a little bead , it 's meant to be on it for that and |
| 8 | Yeah it did , it looked just like a little old man . |
| 9 | Is it just like a little firm ? |
| 10 | and the first sort of thing they ever had was just like a little screen it just went blip and that 's it , all they could tell you was there was something in their vicinity , it could n't tell you what direction it was or what height or anything . |
| 11 | And you open just like a little shelter . |
| 12 | She took Kelly by the arm ; terrified , Kelly allowed herself to be led away like a little girl . |
| 13 | ‘ It left him so that even though he is now 24 , he is still like a little child . |
| 14 | ‘ He 's more like a little sparrow , ai n't he ? ’ said Gloria . |
| 15 | I was feeling more and more like a little kid with each day that passed . |
| 16 | As she looked at Millie rocking herself slightly like a little old woman getting a child to sleep , she though , If I were to tell her her mother has died , she would likely think it was the same way as her father had , whichever way that was , which was n't real dead . |
| 17 | It is almost like a little grunt and occurs in sentences but not necessarily when one word is spoken on its own — another good reason why you should always speechread the sentence as a unit , not looking for individual words . |
| 18 | At that the Shah leaned forward , almost like a little boy in his eagerness , and said , would you , would you really ? " |
| 19 | The lad Steve came into the room , silently like a little cat ; he was wearing a dressing-gown and pyjamas as if he had started to go to bed , but decided against . |
| 20 | I was saying , oh yeah erm Shrimpy like , we , me and Scott were playing snooker and I , I came in to see if like , either of you , anyone else wanted to play doubles and like , Swimp , Shrimpy was just sat by himself in the middle of the floor , cross-legged just sat there like a little pixie or something ! |