Example sentences of "[v-ing] [verb] a little " in BNC.
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| 1 | It does n't here , that 's fine , it 's great here , but , at the bottom because it , it 's not being lit quite so well as the top you 're tending to lose a little bit of quality , especially there . |
| 2 | Just before serving melt a little butter in the frying pan and seal the strips of beef . |
| 3 | At this stage I stopped searching to have a little think . |
| 4 | We 're going to wait a little while . ’ |
| 5 | I 'm , I 'm going to try a little experiment which er , which may not work . |
| 6 | Going to write a little note to the examiner , are n't you . |
| 7 | Whether the witless yobs breaking into the centre and attempting to destroy a little bit of village life understand a word is of course extremely doubtful . |
| 8 | It 's going to look a little bit better . |
| 9 | but my Lord that subject to that er I do n't think we 'll loose time because I 'm sure by the time Lord has examined er Mr I 'm going to reserve a little bit of cross examination , which is Monday |
| 10 | ‘ Someone 's going to run a little child over because the lollipop lady is busy asking drivers to move on but children are coming out all the time . |
| 11 | Hurworth councillor Peter Foster said : ‘ Someone 's going to run a little child over soon because the lollipop lady is busy asking drivers to move on . |
| 12 | I 'm going to get a little cushion to put on my you know . |
| 13 | Right Jade , I 'm going to have a look in your ears , and this is going to tickle a little bit . |
| 14 | Are you going to stay a little while , now you 're here ? |
| 15 | ‘ You 're going to have a little baby brother , Martha , ’ her mother told her one day . |
| 16 | Yes Well I 'm just going to have a little nibble at the end of that . |
| 17 | I 'm going to have a little quick look at Ikea . |
| 18 | Going to have a little |
| 19 | Now we 're just going to 'ave a little hoppin' on the spot " |
| 20 | Henry was there , beginning to get a little fat but still magnificent in his jewel-encrusted cloth of gold and drenched in the perfume of his own making ; he had to hide the smell of his ulcerated leg . |
| 21 | How do you feel about that now looking back , are you beginning to get a little bit critical of yourself . |
| 22 | ‘ I think the 1970s was a time when people were beginning to take a little bit more pride in their motor cars . |
| 23 | Now , having regained a little strength of her own , she seemed cruelly intent on conquering him . |
| 24 | Well having seen a little bit erm was on the other day and I I mean I I must admit I touch shut up you ! |
| 25 | The original camouflage paint of my ex-army 109 FFR is starting to look a little tatty and is flaking off in places . |
| 26 | The fur 's starting to grow a little bit |
| 27 | Down in the ballroom , Dennis Lotis is crooning Try A Little Tenderness to a dance floor awash with unsteady pensioners . |
| 28 | We had a very impromptu meal which was brought out from somewhere near Bahrain because our landing area was in a small offshore sand strip where the Nos 55 and 84 Squadron aircraft ( also a Valentia from No 70 Squadron , which was our support aircraft ) were all based overnight and I went to sleep in this hot and humid place , The humidity factor at Bahrain was very high indeed , in the 90s , but I went to sleep quite comfortably on a groundsheet having dug a little hole for my not very considerable hips , weighing very little above 9 stone , and I settled down for the night . |
| 29 | but the concepts are n't familiar and you 're starting to feel a little bit sort of not quite sure what you can do with them and what you ca n't |
| 30 | It was as if he was dropping a hint or letting slip a little clue thinking that one day someone would read his diaries just as I was doing . ’ |