Example sentences of "[verb] a little [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | St Marie s Grange provided a little of both . |
| 2 | As a father-of-six I do know a little about babies and this one had a healthy cry . |
| 3 | Mother , I sensed , did n't just know a little about Mr Broadhurst , she knew all about him . |
| 4 | I dabbed a little on each puckered mouth to further shouts of laughter and much dancing about the room . |
| 5 | When Zoser dabbed a little on his wife 's sleeve she took the sleeve and held it up to her nose . |
| 6 | To the medieval historian who is invariably left with just the concluding record of administration procedure , this discussion on documenting the provenance of data generation may smack a little of over spoon-feeding the historian of the future . |
| 7 | On first sight I thought the building the ugliest in Milan , but my opinion changed a little after seeing the Via San Barnaba façade , which is less sense-slaughtering and even has some redeeming features . |
| 8 | It seems to me you have earned a little of our trust — while Murtach — ’ |
| 9 | He jerked a little at the sound of his name , and she nodded . |
| 10 | Bruised a little by poor imitations maybe . |
| 11 | A large Roman settlement existed just north of the village and the great Iron Age hill-fort of Rainsborough lies a little to the south-east . |
| 12 | It lies a little beyond Sabzi Mandi ( the Old Delhi vegetable market ) , immediately beside a huge lorry park . |
| 13 | Her hope of happiness was gone , all gone , and if she had to bear a little of the blame for not having told him immediately who she was , then surely that was not a thing to hang her with . |
| 14 | Oil prices fell sharply , then rose a little on renewed fear of war damage . |
| 15 | His voice rose a little in a forlorn attempt to drown the continued unpleasantness next door . |
| 16 | I was once on the ridge with my wife , taking photographs , when the silence was shattered suddenly by the scream of a low-flying jet aeroplane ; in a matter of seconds , it skimmed over the full length of the loch , rose a little in the upper valley and then appeared to turn sharply into the mountain wall , passing from sight and sound . |
| 17 | It seemed that the wind had dropped a little with the fall of night . |
| 18 | By 1987 , that figure had dropped a little to 3,401 . |
| 19 | The figure have dropped a little since then , which I welcome . |
| 20 | Used with the 2207 cartridge the unit stands a little under 7in high . |
| 21 | The Rectory , stands a little below the church on the site of an earlier house , some of which remains under the long lean-to at the back . |
| 22 | It is a tiny building , only 38 by 25 feet , and now stands a little below the present pavement level . |
| 23 | Those who would like to check the validity of this view can see his portrait in the church at Arona or , more spectacularly , visit the colossal statue to him that stands a little to the north of the town . |
| 24 | Greying a little at the temples , Leonard unconsciously confirms why he is labelled one of Canada 's sexiest men , a handsome and elegant man with dark eyes ( they are said to be green , but that never showed in the light of Montreal , nor in its wintry sunshine ) . |
| 25 | The bass is still heavy , but what 's new is a strong mid-range mix — an atmosphere built on tough beats that owes a little to Innocence , and a little more to Gary Clail . |
| 26 | Again the shadow was in her eyes , and Fergus , who would have wished to know more of this , felt her retreat a little from him . |
| 27 | It is some time since we looked in any detail at the program and functions of the Singer 9000 machine , so I thought we would concentrate a little on some of the functions of programming , rather than on knitting . |
| 28 | He was silent , moved a little by the underlying pain he detected in her voice . |
| 29 | These abated a little around nine o'clock , and the sun came out ; then it rained again . |
| 30 | I have to say , though , that my pleasure in reading the article was modified a little by other aspects of it . |