Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [prep] a little [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Staying would also be impossible in the long run but that young man would let me stay for a little while — until the restaurant closed , anyway . |
| 2 | so it 's all hot on the plate and served straight away you know , luckily erm I managed it but I got in a little bit of a flap I will admit it whereas Shirl 's now got used to that I mean I when we first came we both used to do our own help each other out I used to help out but erm |
| 3 | and he said , he said that 's just the man I want for a little job |
| 4 | I stopped in a little restaurant and ordered a hot dog by pointing at a picture of one that hung over the greasy counter . |
| 5 | I , you know I do n't mind , I enjoy handicraft but I find I 'm out Monday playing darts , I 'm out Tuesday doing handicraft and I look after a little boy who 's got Cerebral Palsy four mornings a week and comes three in the afternoon and it 's quite a lot . |
| 6 | I live quietly now , but every year Fritz and I meet in a little town outside Ruritania . |
| 7 | And their of first office as I recall as a little boy , was on the q quay as we used to say in Porthmadog . |
| 8 | And I knew for a little while that would be true . |
| 9 | Lt Tim Kelly , 45 , a specialist in mobile air operations , said : ‘ I looked for a little girl who had been injured by shrapnel so I could have her winched aboard . |
| 10 | My English travelling companion was game to try the dulse seaweed , which is a speciality in Ballycastle , so I went into a little shop on the seafront . |
| 11 | And while I was waiting for them I I went into a little shop and For some cigarettes , and er me brother y Oh younger brother , we 'd started him up er f he was a plumber . |
| 12 | So I went like a little lamb following a mother sheep , back to the same room . |
| 13 | I walked off the ship , and I slept in a little house near the sea . |
| 14 | After the girls had gone I sat for a little time , thinking . |
| 15 | This arrangement keeps them going for a little while . |
| 16 | She skidded on a little way , then side-slipped back towards him . |
| 17 | IF Eugene Kertsman asks you to go for a little jog to keep fit — watch out ! |
| 18 | ‘ You mean for a little holiday ? ’ |
| 19 | Last time I went up she asked for a little bell , so she could ring for me . |
| 20 | She might have guessed that as soon as she tried for a little peace and quiet the whole place would be inundated with callers . |
| 21 | Look at Annabel she looks like a little snow baby , darling ! |
| 22 | Anxious to be seen as having made all the right decisions , she added with a little pride , ‘ There were n't no need for a nurse , 'cause I looked after the mistress myself … stayed up all night when the fever took her … mopped her brow and talked nice and low ‘ til she come through it . |
| 23 | When he turned his head to look at her , his eyes flat and grey , she added in a little rush , ‘ I did n't feel anything for him . |
| 24 | She came to a little patch of sand , the bottom of a miniature canyon , and on the far side of it there was a smooth grey rock , sliced neatly off at the top to make a platform . |
| 25 | She began to walk through the wood , and after a while she came to a little house . |
| 26 | ‘ Oh well , that should keep you going for a little while . ’ |
| 27 | It makes you sound like a little girl . |
| 28 | And for a first course all you will need is either the broth from the pot-au-feu , which will have a very fine flavour and which you can thicken if you like with a little rice — there should be enough for seven or eight people — or perhaps a dish of mussels , or a light fish soup . |
| 29 | you get like a little ladder , |
| 30 | ‘ You smile like a little god , Dishayloo , with that star on your brow . |