Example sentences of "this little [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One officer suggested behind his hand that I visit him at his home after work , and in exchange for this little attention he would write me a six-month permis de séjour . |
| 2 | Her instincts told her that Ben was suffering a pang of conscience with regard to his part in this little deception . |
| 3 | This little church , beautiful in its simplicity of stone was even more beautiful as the bright winter sunshine flooded through the windows . |
| 4 | Mrs Bennet of Upper Halling who lived in the old Chapel Houses was also a staunch member of this little Church and assisted Mrs Still until her death . |
| 5 | And you thread them on the curtains through this little metal ring . |
| 6 | on the , near the printer there 's a screen near the table or something , it 's got this little orange thing that keeps doing this |
| 7 | He had beaten the New Zealander Jack Lovelock in the AAA mile — one of five consecutive championship victories — but Lovelock , the more experienced runner , was using the race chiefly to see how and when this little man used that devastating sprint . |
| 8 | This little man wanted to see Jesus and climbed a sycamore tree to get a better view . |
| 9 | She was sorry for this little man and his problem but she was in a tearing hurry . |
| 10 | This little man , so alert and cheerful , radiated honesty and trustworthiness . |
| 11 | So this little tape , this little recording , er , highlights in justice , which probably is even a more fascinating subject as justice . |
| 12 | ‘ This little god is the product of my imagination . |
| 13 | And erm , they lived in this little cottage and erm every night erm the moth , she would always stay up really late and the mother and erm her son would go to bed and she would always go out of this erm go out of the house every night and she would go , cos she had these three fingers which were blades |
| 14 | Actually I tell you one good thing about being in this choir yeah , I 'm in this little choir tonight , choir yeah , |
| 15 | because I think this little dancing troop we had out , I was about the eldest |
| 16 | Mm , this little worm |
| 17 | Holroyd Smith , attaching an insulator to the rails , explained its purpose and said : ‘ This little act is important because … this line will be the first in the world to be worked safely in the public street by electricity ’ . |
| 18 | ‘ See this little dragon brooch — there is n't a straight line in it , it 's composed of a dozen quite unnecessarily complex curves . |
| 19 | I 'd have this little prayer in my head : Do n't be me . ’ |
| 20 | This little jab in the ego is just what I need . |
| 21 | It disturbed the harmony and peace of this little priory . |
| 22 | ‘ What 's the purpose of this little trip anyway ? ’ |
| 23 | It 's that woman from the New of the World shouting ‘ We know she 's here ! ’ and I was just freaking out , hiding , under the bed , everything , and I peeped out through this little hole and saw … all these people ! |
| 24 | to cover this little hole in our path ? |
| 25 | in this little hole in the side of the box with a wide angle lens . |
| 26 | this little hole in the middle , that one 's bigger because that 's er the right hand one to go over the grip , over the throttle , |
| 27 | To cover this little hole up . |
| 28 | But it was a little lane and there were all these allotments that were on this erm this little lane , and I 'm not sure I think my father had two . |
| 29 | Down the plughole with it , this little glob of potential life , this putative devourer of the world 's resources ! |
| 30 | and erm there was no final erm sort of er judgment to be had so erm then we had to call meetings of this little Sub Committee who finally made up their minds and I remember typing reports , quite long reports , about erm Rhode Island Reds er crossed with Light Sussex and Light Sussex crossed with er Brown and erm I , I knew precious little about poultry at that time . |