Example sentences of "[was/were] a little [noun] " in BNC.

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No	Sentence
1	The casings were a little way to the right , spilling out of a back door to the club .
2	When they were a little way off , and half-concealed by a patch of reeds , he said , " Are you sure we 've got to cross the river , Fiver ?
3	I was a little way ahead before they moved off .
4	He was a little way behind her when she knocked on the study door .
5	The damaged one was still working , although it was a little way out of alignment .
6	She was a little way from Alexei , and when he saw her riding off the offworlder reined around after her .
7	The uncle had apparently come to the school gates at the end of school and when the girl was a little way on her way home had caught up with her and taken her to his house .
8	So we went and had and there was a little space , you know normal bit bigger than average and a little hooked thing and it opened up and down came some steps and we went up with trepidation I must say .
9	There was a little work to do , fetching and carrying about the kitchens , for which he would get ten shillings a week .
10	All they 'd needed was a little luck , and he had refused to help .
11	There was a little colour in his face and a brightness in his eye .
12	There was a little silence between them , then they moved on .
13	There was a little silence .
14	There was a little silence .
15	There was a little silence , but I knew he was pent up .
16	There was a little silence , then the sound of movement in the bed as she sat up .
17	There was a little silence .
18	There was a little silence .
19	There was a little silence .
20	There was a little silence .
21	There was a little silence .
22	There was a little silence .
23	There was a little silence .
24	And the third was a little glass key , wrought into fantastic fragile shape , and glittering with all the colours of the rainbow .

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