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 . |