Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [verb] a little [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tess bravely made a little cross and put it at the head of the grave one evening , when she could enter the churchyard without being seen . |
| 2 | you know just have a little bit off it |
| 3 | However , I do n't think a little checking into his background would go amiss . ’ |
| 4 | I just do n't want a little guy with a moustache in the White House . |
| 5 | The monster looked at him and , realizing what the policeman was thinking , growled slowly , ‘ If I want to tear people to pieces , I do n't need a little stick . ’ |
| 6 | Be different , you do n't mind a little run do |
| 7 | When they say to you ‘ oh well , you know , surely you do n't mind a little bit of flirtation and so on ’ I think very often that 's an entirely mendacious reply , that they know perfectly well what you 're talking about when you talk about sexual harassment , and in the context of discussions in the SCR or over dinner , they simply do n't want to have to deal with it and so they will dismiss it by way of saying ‘ well , you know , I 'm only being chivalrous , or this is the way I was brought up ’ . |
| 8 | ‘ Nonsense , ’ I said , ‘ I do n't mind a little rain . ’ |
| 9 | So she said look I 've only got a little bit in my pocket . |
| 10 | Oh God you 've only got a little bit |
| 11 | They 've only got a little stub though have n't they ? |
| 12 | No it 's alright I do n't care I 've only got a little mouth . |
| 13 | Oh , you 've only got a little bag each ’ — and climbed in . |
| 14 | ‘ I 've merely done a little time-tailoring , simply removed one of the pleats or flares from the ostensibly straight leg of time . |
| 15 | But by when I 've just had a little crumb I 've said they can have the rest back . |
| 16 | Erm all the other stuff I 've just got a little header set up in the file on |
| 17 | It 's almost mesmeric as well is n't it , this repetition of now , now , now between between the but as as you were saying , it 's sketching all the details in so you , if you were sketching a fox , you know you begin somewhere and say you begin with the nose you 've just got a little detail the nose and the eyes but eventually you 've got to put the whole sketch in . |
| 18 | My parents are still there , but I 've just bought a little flat in Fulham . ’ |
| 19 | We 've still we 've still got a little bit of fiddling |
| 20 | And then I have always fancied a little hall and stairs because at the farm the stairs came straight down to the front door . |
| 21 | Have n't spotted a little steam cleaner like , have you ? |