Example sentences of "he [adv] [verb] a little [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A juror asked what the comforts were , for he only saw a little straw in the corner of the room , the windows of which were broken . |
| 2 | He only had a little bit , but they put him away for three years . |
| 3 | Oh he only brings a little bit , I brought loads last time , even though you did n't get a song played |
| 4 | He just left a little trace of Brylcreem in any government seat he occupied . |
| 5 | Instead , he just gave a little nod . |
| 6 | However carefully he spoke , he still released a little dribble from the stiff site of his mouth and wiped it away with a routine gesture of his left hand . |
| 7 | And he always left a little bag of sweets and a threepenny bit . ’ |
| 8 | The vet wrapped it up but he also had a little thing on his ear so he cut that out as well and he 's gon na wear the collar to stop him scratching his ear and |
| 9 | He also issued a little book called Directions for Prayer in the Diocese of Bath and Wells which contained simple prayers to be taught by parents to their children . |
| 10 | Yeah well he probably meant a little cake you know , like the one |
| 11 | I wished I 'd had a poke round when we were up by the cliff — he probably had a little cave in there behind the brambles . |
| 12 | ‘ First he probably smeared a little horseradish sauce or even some colourless Vaseline on the righthand side of the carving knife . |
| 13 | At any rate , he now had a little breathing space . |