Example sentences of "[adv prt] little " in BNC.
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| 1 | You know she 's doing the count down little red things she 's got that she swallows she 's down to five , I think it 's five . |
| 2 | A newly-blazed path leaves the Gaping Gill area and climbs to the ridge high above in the west , there passing over Little Ingleborough to reach the main summit half a mile further on . |
| 3 | leaning over little tables |
| 4 | ‘ The wild swan hurries high and noises loud/ with white neck peering to the evening cloud , ’ and ‘ Coy bum barrels [ long-tailed tits ] twenty in a drove/ lit down the hedgerows in the frozen plain/ and hang on little twigs and start again . ‘ |
| 5 | tt They 'd got two handles which was b made it mobile , two wheels , and used it Have four sacks at the end of this threshing engine , hanging on little hooks , and and a bloke there seeing that it got filled alright and it when it was full , they used to run this thing underneath a sack , crank it up by hand , like that , till they got it to the required height , then nestle it on their shoulders , you see there was a There 's a there 's an art in carrying c In carrying coal and there 's an art in carrying corn and there 's an art in carrying beef . |
| 6 | Someone who relays messages and passes on little notes . |
| 7 | Come on little 'un . |
| 8 | Unlike the aerobic reaction that produces farmyard manure , anaerobic fermentation gives off little heat , so disease organisms thrive . |
| 9 | He lived off little kids , ’ the prisoner said contemptuously . |
| 10 | Dressed in an embroidered , peasant blouse from Oxfam and a frilly skirt , she stabbed at the Turkey carpet with her stiletto heels sending up little whorls of dust and leaving pockmarks in her wake . |
| 11 | Along life 's way you pick up little techniques that help you control your behaviour , get your own way , become strong-willed . |
| 12 | It seemed to have the knack of attracting some of the most bizarre characters who spent a great deal of the inter-war years building up little empires for themselves with scant regard for any overall espionage policy . |
| 13 | As for the fans , I can summon up little sympathy for dinner-jacketed men who sit around tables with their belts bulging while boxers spatter their tuxedo with blood as a cabaret act . |
| 14 | The metal ring attached to the vibrating receiver was cheap because one of the users made rings of different sizes by cutting up little sections of copper piping of different-sized bore . |
| 15 | Another audio item which need take up little room is an extension microphone — useful if only as a means of eliminating the pick-up of camcorder operating noise in quiet conditions if this happens to be a weakness of your machine . |
| 16 | We always had to get up little plays and things and do concerts that were absolutely ghastly , but it was a good way of introducing one to it , I suppose . |
| 17 | ‘ My dear , I must tell you , so amUsing ’ , one whispers to the other , ‘ Monsieur *** de *** , FAR from being happily married as everyone thought , apparently spends the ENTIRE time when he 's in London clad in very ODD lederhosen in some pizzeria opposite the Knightsbridge barracks picking up little leather boys . ’ |
| 18 | Simply serve them in tiny bowls or hors-d'oeuvre dishes , or pile up little mounds of them beside the sliced lamb and beef . |
| 19 | earn a little extra income shall I put it and far from the majority of traditional methods they are to do it legally and set up little typewriting agencies etcetera and if you keep your eye on the notice boards you 'll see various . |
| 20 | Cusick himself remained the unsung creator of the Daleks for many years , picking up little recognition for his work . |
| 21 | And as it takes up little room , tie is also a good idea , ‘ just in case ’ . |
| 22 | You can give 'em three thousand a year to er in total to anybody you 've got all the exemptions like two hundred and fifty pound in any one gift erm and you 've got things like five thousand pounds on marriage of a child that you can give , and all these add up little cumulative bits here there and everywhere which helps you to dispose of an estate . |
| 23 | ‘ Jumped up little strawberry sucker . |
| 24 | Well , they do n't put up little ones either , I mean they they they 're very loathe to put |
| 25 | ‘ What are you going to do instead ? ’ asks Phil , chewing up little pieces of graph paper into sodden balls , and flicking them at the laboratory ceiling with a slide-rule to try and make them stick . |
| 26 | ‘ That 's them , ’ said Betty , picking up little bags of salt , pepper and sugar and peering appraisingly round the kitchen for signs of some forgotten but vital accessory to the meal . |
| 27 | Emily Davies was one of the few to argue that housekeeping took up little time and that women could in fact combine work and marriage , and Elizabeth Garrett Anderson belonged to an even more select band who put this advice into practice . |
| 28 | Winkles down at Finn Mill there used to be sm well thousands , millions of them , winkles and the ships used to come round from the Blackwater from Colchester area , come round , stay round the Finn Mill about a fortnight and they used to have what they call a well in their boat and they used to have fill up little sacks like a sand bag of winkles and take them round there and cultivate them . |
| 29 | Nona stared at the grey river where the wind was picking up little waves and throwing them against the walls of the river walk . |
| 30 | The obvious two are Kevin Keegan — he 'd be crap … he 's just a jumped up little Geordie who still has n't shown he can produce a really imaginative team ; and Glen Hoddle — now , hed be my choice … why ? because he 's young , has the respect of the players , would introduce the concept of playing football into the national team ( after all , if you look at the individual skill level of English players it 's as good as just about anywhere in the world … it 's just that managers have refused to let them play ) . |