Example sentences of "he [verb] [verb] a little [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why does a barrow boy selling bunched radishes and salad greens in the market at Chinon know by instinct so to arrange his produce that he has created a little spectacle as fresh and gay as a Dufy painting , and you are at once convinced that unless you taste some of his radishes you will be missing an experience which seems of more urgency than a visit to the Chateau of Chinon ? |
| 2 | He has done a little bit of manipulation here and there but overall it will not boost the economy . |
| 3 | Instead , he has produced a little Bill which has no friends and which the House will not find — |
| 4 | He has pinned a little square of material onto both his knees so that when he drives , the fabric of his best trousers will not rub against the steering wheel . |
| 5 | I do n't know but an ordinary barge used to have a little wooden crate and he want to have a little tank , they put a fixed charge on of two and six pence that 's what they done . |
| 6 | That 's basically for editing purposes , so that , if the editor , he likes the general tenor of what you 've said but he perhaps wants to , he wants to chop a little bit out or he wants to put that sentence up there , he 's got somewhere that he can actually , he can actually do his editing . |
| 7 | Des Little the signing from Swansea has been rested because er Frank Clarke felt he 'd lost a little bit of confidence in Forest 's poor start to the season . |
| 8 | But he he 'd got a little mission er on the side of the at , , I 've I went with him so I saw it . |
| 9 | Yeah At one time we could n't get Jessy to talk , he 'd got a little girl with er and |
| 10 | He turned to see a little girl , who could have been no more than seven or eight , sitting on the doorstep . |
| 11 | The audience did n't want to let him go and he returned to sing a little jazz , leaving the stage to rapturous applause . |
| 12 | He decided to risk a little bit of the truth : |
| 13 | He did give a little shove to a defender who was shielding Wallace from the ball as it was running thru to Coton , but Coton could nt hold it anyway so IMO it did nt affect the ‘ goal ’ . |
| 14 | Moving on to Mr Curtis , I do n't want to dwell and re re er restate the the difference I had with Mr Curtis this morning , but again he did start a little bit of a red herring running by talking about the major commitment for retailing facilities , er there is a major commitment for retailing facilities in Greater York , er a degree of all provision . |
| 15 | Each time he had given a little shrug , as though to say , ‘ We 'll see ’ , and left it at that . |
| 16 | Where he had felt a little pang — outside , horse-held , self-wrapt — now , delighted by the truculence of her conversation , he was ravenous . |
| 17 | He had put a little bronze foundation on his face — a sample from one of the magazines . |
| 18 | Once he had recovered a little strength he ended his address with a quotation from Archbishop Leighton : " " How small a commotion , small in its beginning , may prove the overturning of the greatest kingdom ! |
| 19 | After he had walked a little distance , he noticed that the concrete slabs underfoot were glistening damply in the torch light from the constant dripping of moisture seeping through the joints in the roof from the earth above . |
| 20 | Yeah , he does play a little bit . |
| 21 | and he 's made a little sort of bird house |
| 22 | ‘ No , I 've still got Dad , but he does n't count for much now , poor love , he 's gone a little bit silly . ’ |
| 23 | He 's got a little sense ! |
| 24 | He 's got a little cloak . |
| 25 | He 's got a little bit of a split lip cos every time he either smiles a lot or bangs it slightly it just opens up . |
| 26 | Well yeah he is , he 's got a little bit anyway |
| 27 | He 's got a little kid in one hand and he 's walking out of a burning building . |
| 28 | He 's got a little empire and he does n't give a jot |
| 29 | said he was running round to see his dad and he 's got a car now , he passed his test , he 's got a little Renault and he 's as stupid as a |