Example sentences of "have [adv] been a little [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes that 's right , it might have even been a little bit bigger than the back room , but very seldom used . |
| 2 | He knew , in his heart , that he had always been a little bit frightened of it really … opening out the throttle … he remembered the feeling of queasiness that had always accompanied that burst of power . |
| 3 | Breeze saw that they were her favourite kind , and remembered then that this had always been a little ritual — chocolates on the first night of the holidays . |
| 4 | Just think , there had never been a little baby on the earth . |
| 5 | In the past , there 's always been a little farmer over the hedge who jumps to the rescue — or a Hitler dressed up as a little farmer . |
| 6 | The English have always been a little lighter on their feet , a little more amateurish , but the thing that has been happening , I think , is without a doubt the relativization of religion . |