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Example sentences for "little farther"

  • It broke out again in another tree a little farther away, and again in another.

  • I said to Biddy we would walk a little farther, and we did so, and the summer afternoon toned down into the summer evening, and it was very beautiful.

  • And then repeated, with her former pleasant change, "shall we walk a little farther, or go home?

  • We shall see him, a little farther on, by the aid of some mysterious engine overthrowing the rebels, the Titans, who rose against his power, amid the flash of lightning and the roar of thunder.

  • It's a good thing we've two ponies instead of one goat," remarked Janet, after they had ridden on a little farther.

  • But none came, and though the train was a little late the accident really did not amount to much, though it might have been a bad one had the freight car been a little farther over on the track so the engine had run squarely into it.

  • A little farther on, all were stopping as they came up; the camp was preparing, and the lodges rising.

  • They had encamped, they told us, near sunset, by the side of the Platte, and their oxen were scattered over the meadow, while the band of horses were feeding a little farther off.

  • A little farther on I found a very small meadow, set deeply among steep mountains; and here the whole village had encamped.

  • Going on still a little farther, they found the sea so patched with green and white that it seemed one entire sand, though there was two fathoms water.

  • There is,” he replied, “you will find one a little farther up on the right hand.

  • After a little farther conversation I bade the family farewell and left the house.

  • A little farther down he showed me part of a ruined wall.

  • The miner's cabin stood a little farther up the bank under a clump of spruce, but the place seemed abandoned.

  • He carried her a little farther, to the shelter of the crag, and laid her there.

  • A little farther on, while he waited for the elevator, he saw she had taken the package he had brought from Tisdale.

  • If you would know how this can operate Thus on the soul, I shall to you relate A little farther what my soul hath seen Since I have with the Lord acquainted been.

  • And a little farther he saith, 'And now let this carnal politic counsellor, and disputer of this world, tell wherein have they to blame me.

  • To encourage thee a little farther, set to the work, and when thou hast run thyself down weary, then the Lord Jesus will take thee up, and carry thee.

  • Behold, here a rich man clothed in silks, fed with delicates, and faring deliciously every day; but look a little farther, and lo!

  • A little farther on in the village is another extraordinarily beautiful thing.

  • If there is hope that Mr. World will cease deceiving me and walk in the path of truth, I will consent to be his companion still a little farther.

  • I just saw one who came to a horrible end by continuing a little farther in the same course that you are now pursuing.

  • And now I have shown you how utterly you have been deceived over the number we will go a little farther.

  • Pity he had not fallen a little farther, she murmured bitterly, and broken his neck.

  • A little farther on nearer the wall the dogs seemed to be excited about something.

  • Then we will take the matter a little farther.

  • If you go a little farther we find that money is no object, hence the £1,000 offer and the careful, and doubtless expensive, inquiry into your position.

  • I should be afraid for you, Lulu, so venturesome as you are," said the captain, drawing her a little farther back.

  • Lulu hurried toward them to see what it was about, then came running back to her father, who stood a little farther up the slope, with Grace clinging to his hand.

  • She thought she would pass them and seat herself in the sand a little farther on.

  • Shall we have a view a little farther off?

  • A story of Lord Grimthorpe, who, many years after, had some fun with me at times over my little Jack, will appear in his reminiscences a little farther on.

  • A little farther on the road there was a labouring man, who had not been visible up to this moment, breaking stones.

  • Then they wandered on a little farther in the beautiful woods.

  • So Janet let him pole out a little farther, until she saw that the shore was far away, and then she cried: "I want to go back!

  • They did so; and it appears from what follows that the house, to which they retired must have been somewhere on the opposite side of the street to the Black Bull Inn, a little farther to the eastward.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    little about; little anxiety; little bird; little brother; little deprecatory; little disappointed; little doubtful; little glass; little green; little help; little horse; little importance; little lemon; little lower; little melted; little more; little note; little part; little paste; little pony; little rice; little space; little surprized; little vinegar; little water; little wonder