Example sentences of "[pn reflx] a little [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | We have allowed ourselves a little licence with the sauce , ’ Angelina explained . |
2 | ‘ Maybe the party will be able to get some money out of it and we will be able to prostitute ourselves a little bit more . |
3 | We 've amused ourselves a little bit by putting William 's initials on there and the arms of his wife who was called Joan . |
4 | We blitzed ourselves a little bit I think you know , back pass we talked about , no back passes , ball gambles and everything , in he goes , two free headers basically . |
5 | He allowed himself a little smile , which vanished from his face when he felt the car slowing , and glimpsed through the misted window the place the facilitator had brought him to . |
6 | Nicolo Sabatini permitted himself a little smile . |
7 | He 's a deep forward square leg and there 's Lawrence about thirty yards away from him a little finer , here 's Tufnell the he cuts it away on the off side , that 's a fine and wide give himself a little bit of room ease that away through extra cover , steward in front of the grandstand , four more , which is the way he plays , sixteen not out . |
8 | LARK LANE has always considered itself a little French . |
9 | Lacking only her native forest ( now probably half chewed away by acid rain ) , and the dorf ( whose last inhabitants ' bones still lie jumbled in a secret pit ) our Anya has found herself a little home from home . |
10 | Rainbow gets the show back on the road , and tries to give herself a little holiday from auntly interventions by searching the radio bands for a local traffic report . |
11 | She gave herself a little shake . |
12 | Well we kept on like that and er er people like that we were packing up wholesale so erm I 've lost myself a little bit now . |
13 | ‘ It is just that after much brainwork in Rome I have thought to give myself a little holiday on this famous Capri Island . ’ |
14 | It was like giving myself a little treat , like say buying a bottle of wine . |
15 | There were some hills around me , so I decided to build myself a little house on one of them . |
16 | but if I thought we were coming back , I 'd get myself a little car . |
17 | After working in all the major cities on the Continent , they could allow themselves a little self praise . |
18 | And it all comes back to what I was saying earlier about trying to get kids to believe in themselves a little bit . |
19 | Just leave yourself a little bit to write underneath it . |
20 | Again another thing too , is that boosting your ego side , if you s if you set yourself a little bit of a target and you can manage it er can you run up the hill ? |
21 | When you start to discover this one actually does travel through walls , the sound of it does actually does travel through walls , but as I say , it 's only a temporary measure to buy yourself a little bit of time she says . |
22 | Give yourself a little bit of help . |
23 | Now if you 're a racing buff , listen out because it 's a superb prize , if you consider yourself a little bit of an expert on the turf that is . |
24 | It could be that you 've never taken your family abroad on holiday , so you set yourself a little objective , that in two years ' time , I want to take them all , even if it 's a damn package deal on a flight to Tenerife , do it , will you feel good , will the family enjoy it ? |
25 | ‘ Well , to buy yourself a little house , perhaps . |
26 | If you feel deprived and miserable by not being allowed an early evening drink , or a glass of wine with your evening meal , it is usually better to allow yourself a little alcohol while dieting . |
27 | After all , why talk in English when you can give yourself a little challenge ? |
28 | I know north of border , nothing happens south of the border and like but , but we do deliver down here so do , do give yourself a little practise of that . |