Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] little [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nick , a ramble sounds a rather pleasant little loiter round Oxfordshire , how , how severe are these rambles you 've put together ? |
| 2 | And there are certain situations as if you ca n't have a photograph , in a sense , there 's no point in it , because it , in itself , it 's a rather dry little article , but if you can have a fun photograph with somebody doing something with it , that gives you another dimension , another possibility of a hook , another bit of scope for , for , for getting something into the media . |
| 3 | What a pity Roman did n't take after any of them , she thought privately , smiling as Christian reached out a rather sticky little hand and tugged the poppy-flowered silk sleeve of her sheath-dress , and then caught at the heavy blonde plait at her nape . |
| 4 | Probably the most awful little squeakies . ’ |
| 5 | erm , but , you see , they would of been the most aggravating little gits there , because as soon as they found out , they all started messing about then , for three hours it was on , could you imagine sitting in there with them lot for three hours ? |
| 6 | Behind his scowling manner was a kindly old man and if it had n't been for the arrival of a rather insipid little boy , she might never have known , nor might anyone else for that matter . |
| 7 | Cellulose seldom occurs in animals but there is one rather dim little class of marine animals , the Tunicates , which are mostly made from cellulose . |
| 8 | Months and months of advance publicity , and newspaper articles about the seriousness and dedication of everyone involved — then the curtains parted , and out on to the stage walked a rather tubby little figure with a balding forehead and thin hair flying in the wind , who leaned anxiously forward and waved his arms about as he talked . |
| 9 | and a moustache , and the most peculiar little bit under |
| 10 | As I say , there is a film for you to have a look at , we 'll have a look at the film now , it 's a Video Arts Film called ‘ Professional Telephone Behaviour ’ , and it deals with the correct way to handle calls , as with all Video Arts , there are some rather funny little stories about ways not to deal with calls . |
| 11 | At the foot of the lane stands a most interesting little building , formerly associated with Frogmarsh , although now converted to a house . |
| 12 | ‘ Tell Lady Franklin , ’ Gould instructed his wife in a letter to Hobart , ‘ I have her little page with me , he is a most interesting little fellow , throws the spear and waddy with the utmost dexterity and [ is ] extremely useful to me in the bush , an eye like a hawk discovers birds nests & eggs in a most astonishing manner . ’ |
| 13 | Another extremely brave little boy in the front row spoke up and said , ‘ But surely you were a small person once , Miss Trunchbull , were n't you ? ’ |
| 14 | Now here is another extremely simple little dish , a dish which anyone who has a helpful butcher can make with very little trouble or expense . |
| 15 | If you have a big hole but only tiny little voltage then you wo n't get much going through . |
| 16 | This is a terribly sad little book : as much about illness , old age and the brevity of life as about art . |
| 17 | The main road from Lulling to its nearest neighbouring Cotswold town ran along one side of Thrush Green , and a less important lane threading its way to half a dozen or so sleepy little hamlets , skirted the other side . |
| 18 | TWENTY more or less innocent little faces looked at the pianist and the two teachers and chanted : ‘ Thank you Mary , thank you Brenda , thank you Michael . ’ |
| 19 | Ever so small little lady . |
| 20 | Young players slow down as their bodies put on weight … especially thin little shits like Sharpe . |
| 21 | Yeah ever so harmless little fellah . |
| 22 | They are extremely active little animals and after a couple of weeks , as soon as their fur is grown and their eyes are open , they start to supplement their mother 's milk with insects and other invertebrates that they find for themselves . |
| 23 | This useful and incredibly simple little tool consists of a strip of metal — a bit of old bandsaw blade is ideal — in which the negative of the moulding is filed , pinched between two L-shaped pieces of wood . |
| 24 | In truth , he was very much smitten by Sarah at the time and he would scarcely have noticed the rather nondescript little sister who fell passionately in love that day . |
| 25 | The best known case occurs in one of Europe 's most nondescript little birds , the dunnock . |
| 26 | Mrs St Maugham has hired Miss Madrigal ( a deceptively serene Jean Marsh ) to look after her granddaughter , Laurel , who , after a sexual assault , has become an irritatingly smug little pyromaniac . |
| 27 | Right now it 's just about the most serious little piss-pot of a frog pox-factory in the whole world . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I believe we 're the only ones left , ’ said Jed as they stopped at East Acton , a rather dark little station that looked as if it might be out in the country . |
| 29 | Well , they have right tiny little scales , coming off their feathers , |
| 30 | but erm , I think I down by his legs , all this and erm , you know , its bang , bang its just like , its over in a split second , you do n't have time to be this , I was there and there nobody really new what was going on and all this sort of stuff , he was probably one of most honest about , well , one of the most honest little bloke more willing to speak about it , and he had this other one it was right you know like , er , well I 'm already taking further than I 'm willing to go on this course , what you need is , well look , you know , all I know is that we was first , saying no more than that , not willing to go . |