Example sentences of "[det] [prep] [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That spat did little for her confidence as she faced a battery of cameras waiting outside Goldsmiths Hall . |
| 2 | A quick examination put her at ease but may have done little for her embarrassment ; the culprit was a misplaced liquorice all-sort . |
| 3 | The singing , the pomp and the pageantry may have galvanised Welsh emotions , but it did little for their skills or tactical awareness . |
| 4 | Some fifty successful local wage claims apart , and despite Wilson 's optimism in his Presidential Address at the Annual Conference of the union in September 1916 , seamen might have been forgiven for concluding that patriotism had done very little for their cause . |
| 5 | His book of verse , Lucida Intervalla ( 1679 ) , does little for his reputation as a poet . |
| 6 | His earlier complete reversal of his position had done little for his credibility and now as he went after a tax cut his touch was decidedly uncertain . |
| 7 | Although the portrait was finished Lipchitz felt loath to pay Modigliani so little for his work , so he invented reasons for extra sittings . |
| 8 | There was little for his comfort . |
| 9 | His attractive wife got out wearing too little for my ease . |
| 10 | The initial interview indicated that they knew little about their drugs and 20% admitted to having a problem , some relying on others to sort them out ; some evolving a system which helped them ; and others omitting to take the drugs altogether . |
| 11 | We know very little about their lives but we get a strong sense of the individuality of each one in their writings . |
| 12 | Gleizes and Le Fauconnier became friendly in 1909 after a meeting at the home of a young socialist writer named Alexandre Mercereau , where Gleizes also met Metzinger and Delaunay for the first time in the following year , although these meetings did not lead to immediate friendship , and Gleizes knew little about their work . |
| 13 | ‘ It makes me angry that women think so little about their bodies that they use abortion as a means of contraceptive . |
| 14 | Harry had told her very little about his discussion with Sir Gregory : all she knew was that Tristram had been caught trespassing and that Jennifer had been caught going to meet him ; but although each had sworn that nothing untoward had happened , and their reserve and good behaviour seemed to confirm their innocence , Ann could not forget the scandal they had caused ten years before , nor could she believe that Tristram would have scaled the Roscarrock wall simply to sit with his cousin and talk . |
| 15 | Someone who knows little about your business , and cares less than you do ? |
| 16 | He he must be taught that and he 's taught that through his training . |
| 17 | Have you got that through your head ? |
| 18 | I think we 'll get along much better , once you 've gotten that through your head . |
| 19 | Get that through your head right now , Leonora . |
| 20 | Your heart will be healthier and you will be far less likely to have a heart attack or stroke when you get older than someone who has exercised very little during their life . |
| 21 | There , she felt better for having got that off her chest . |
| 22 | ‘ Fine , ’ she conceded tersely , ‘ now that you 've got that off your chest , you 're free to leave . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ No doubt you feel better now you 've got that off your chest . ’ |
| 24 | Tricia says it 's not butter Are we exchanging Christmas presents today , did you ascertain that off your Mum ? |
| 25 | No , that off your hand there Nigel . |
| 26 | You flipping get that off your mind for start ! |
| 27 | you just took that off my pile ! |
| 28 | You just took that off my pile ! |
| 29 | Now I 've got that off my chest I have a few questions for you : |
| 30 | Now I 've got that off my chest I feel much better . |