Example sentences of "[vb -s] [verb] a little [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To this end the CPL has won a little victory in its efforts to ensure that the cat is not put out with the milk bottles . |
| 2 | He has done a little bit of manipulation here and there but overall it will not boost the economy . |
| 3 | DENNIS SKINNER , the Bolsover MP who has terrorised generations of ministers from his place below the gangway , has made a little bit of history this week . |
| 4 | But we also remember how that was n't sustained , and the cynical political fix of the Tories a few months later , that for the moment has coped with the government 's political crisis , and temporarily has bought a little time for a few pits . |
| 5 | As for British Steel 's monolith , at least it still stands to give a little reassurance against Teesside 's depression and unemployment ; it may be recalled that Teesside steel made North-Eastern strength . |
| 6 | Hugh Hefner has devoted a little bit of Playboy to his new bride , Kimberley . |
| 7 | He has pinned a little square of material onto both his knees so that when he drives , the fabric of his best trousers will not rub against the steering wheel . |
| 8 | She has found a little place in the country . |
| 9 | A TOWN hall wants to add a little dash to the opening of Cleveland 's first university . |
| 10 | Violet has mostly dug up her patch and planted vegetables in it , but she has left a little strip of grass , about three foot long , which she mows with a lawn mower she bought at a jumble sale for two pounds . |
| 11 | Erm where it has lost a little bit of the quality of the lighting is round the base . |
| 12 | At the start she is only so cruel as she is only Miss Havisham 's tool for revenge , and later she seems to have a little pity for Pip when she warns him that she has no heart . |
| 13 | ‘ That means going a little way into the mountains and I do n't see how you could get lost on a mountain road . |
| 14 | The retired Everton Football Club salesman has keenly followed the campaign and thoroughly enjoys finding a little fame at 70 . |
| 15 | It does lack a little bit of sharpness this one . |
| 16 | I think a bit more contrast added to it would help it does lack a little bit of contrast . |
| 17 | Erm yeah I , I , it 's the idea 's there but I think it does lack a little bit of impact . |
| 18 | What you describe does sound a little bit like a chicken and egg situation from the point of view that I think you were saying that erm many teachers are ill-equipped , actually , to teach erm physics , perhaps , and chemistry , whereas they are a little bit better able to get across fundamental ideas in biology , and in a sense because of this they are going to produce another generation who perhaps have very ill-founded ideas of these basic sciences and so on and so forth , and somehow one 's got to cut into this cycle and actually improve it , improve the output somehow . |
| 19 | What you describe does sound a little bit like a chicken and egg situation from the point of view that I think you were saying that erm many teachers are ill-equipped , actually , to teach erm physics , perhaps , and chemistry , whereas they are a little bit better able to get across fundamental ideas in biology , and in a sense because of this they are going to produce another generation who perhaps have very ill-founded ideas of these basic sciences and so on and so forth , and somehow one 's got to cut into this cycle and actually improve it , improve the output somehow . |
| 20 | and he 's made a little sort of bird house |
| 21 | He 's got a little kid in one hand and he 's walking out of a burning building . |
| 22 | That title is perhaps a not quite as straight as it might be , it 's got a little bit of a kink in it . |
| 23 | He 's got a little bit of a split lip cos every time he either smiles a lot or bangs it slightly it just opens up . |
| 24 | That 's not it 's got a little bit of erm |
| 25 | on that side but it 's got a little bit of black on it , do you reckon that 's anything to do with it ? |
| 26 | Because I still think this is very much discriminating on the , people like Val for example , I know she 's got a little bit of scale two but I still think the reception is such a big responsibility |
| 27 | Yeah , it 's got a little mark above the , above the vowel sound . |
| 28 | And she pushes a pushchair and she 's got a little lad about ? |
| 29 | silly pillock is a bloke who wants , who 's got a little office on the promenade at the |
| 30 | Oh yeah , it 's got a little fringe on there ! |