Example sentences of "been a [adj] little [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was to have been a nice little earner . |
| 2 | In its heyday it must have been a good little vehicle , but now it was definitely finished . |
| 3 | I did n't forget Nelly who had been a good little friend to me , and eventually we did meet up again , several years later . |
| 4 | He 's always been a gentle little soul , very loving and friendly with everyone , but as he had to spend 3–4 hours every day on his own at home , we thought we would get another dog as company for him . |
| 5 | " Never mind , " said Eliot , " It has been a pleasant little journey . " |
| 6 | And , indeed , he must have been a tough little lad to have survived it all , though it was to take its toll on him eventually ; by the time he died in far-away London at the age of 29 he had lived through some very harsh times indeed . |
| 7 | It had been a pretty little creature , it had looked quiet and gentle and good like Oliver , but as soon as you went near it , it had turned into a clawing , spitting bundle of hate . |
| 8 | He ended up by paying for most of the house himself and what had once been a modest little farmhouse jumped up several rungs of the architectural and social ladder . |
| 9 | Been a busy little bee . |
| 10 | Possibly her father had earlier taken her up into the workings to show her where he was working ; even so it would have been an apprehensive little girl who made her way along that long tunnel . |