Example sentences of "be a little [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I wonder , perhaps it will be a little glass house ?
2 Realistically speaking , it will be a little time before there is an answer to the terrifying question between Armenia and Azerbaijan .
3 The casings were a little way to the right , spilling out of a back door to the club .
4 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 ?
5 So what I 've written is babies prior to birth do not control their temperature , they have the ability to control their temperature because that 's a little space in the brain , but they do n't need to use it .
6 That 's a little way off yet .
7 I always think there 's a little shade of big headedness with Yul Bryner !
8 So that 's a little time .
9 There is a little evidence that the final choice lay between George Chase , the Bishop of Ripon , mature in years and experience , a scholar , solid , stable , absolutely reliable , shy , and at times remote , and Michael Ramsey , without experience , untried , but one of the leaders of a party in the Church and someone who would do more to represent learning among the bench of bishops .
10 In Britain , however , there is a little evidence of a comprehensive strategy to ensure that Kent , or any other region , can take full advantage of the Tunnel .
11 And , for the moment , all I want is a little peace and quiet although it 's not all that quiet , thanks to the gaps between the attic floorboards left by the cottage 's Victorian jerrybuilder : how Riva can snore on through all those goings-on I do not know .
12 Damsell 's Mill is a little way out of the picturesque town of Painswick .
13 Then there was a great-great-grandmother Elizabeth Tallentire , who was Grandmother Bayles 's mother , who lived with her husband at a farm over at Holwick , which is a little way out of Baldersdale , on the way to Middleton in Teesdale .
14 We 've come across it before and there 's sometimes there is a little way out so let's see if you can just think of it , so let's start with Craig and we 'll go anti-clockwise .
15 What 's needed is a little thought — and a little heart .
16 All it takes is a little thought and organisation .
17 ‘ There is a little shade in the square , ’ he agreed .
18 It is a little time when we can talk together , and I encourage her to talk about her father .
19 All that 's needed is a little time and a box of index cards with dividers .
20 In general it must be , because all we have to lose is a little time .
21 It 's easy to get set yourself and with heated curlers , tongs and styling products better than ever before , all you need is a little practice to create the perfect style .
22 The formulae look quite reasonable ; what you need is a little practice in handling them .
23 So what each branch has got is a little training room is n't it ?
24 I was a little way ahead before they moved off .
25 He was a little way behind her when she knocked on the study door .
26 The damaged one was still working , although it was a little way out of alignment .
27 She was a little way from Alexei , and when he saw her riding off the offworlder reined around after her .
28 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 .
29 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 .
30 There was a little work to do , fetching and carrying about the kitchens , for which he would get ten shillings a week .
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