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

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1 Each time he had given a little shrug , as though to say , ‘ We 'll see ’ , and left it at that .
2 For this reason it is wise to keep a few in a bowl during the winter , so that they can be given a little warmth during early spring to encourage premature growth and shade the first flush of water discolouring algae , thus discouraging its growth .
3 Clean changes were possible given a little patience , but moving from first to second was reminiscent of shovelling coal — sometime the lever slid into place , sometimes it jarred my whole body .
4 Like the situation in the Caribbean during slavery , and even in the present , where some ’ slaves ’ are put above the others , given a little bit more by the ’ slave-master ’ , and used to control the other ’ slaves ’ .
5 Children of 5 years upwards should do well with this program given a little supervision from an adult or older child .
6 Teachers want to have their privacy invaded , provided they are given a little nudge and they feel sure that there is n't going to be any ‘ comeback ’ in their school .
7 Instead , we had the bizarre suggestion that prison order was likely to be more easily maintained if , on entering a prison , prisoners were given a little package telling them the consequences of their actions if they stepped out of line .
8 No , I 've got her a box of things , I did a little box up with bits in all some for fifty p and a pound , doing that up and hair bands for her , giving her , given a little box with all little bits and pieces in it
9 Neither the idea of " one big union " to guarantee the unskilled against blacklegging nor the notion of a closed shop and bargaining strength based on numbers alone was particularly attractive to those groups which felt that , given a little organization , they had sufficient acquired and not easily replaceable skill to bargain for themselves .
10 Erm , so I 'm hoping that that will work , it 's it 's down in the diary for him to do that , and and I 've given a little note about what the Adult School is all about .
11 As a boy I was given a little patch of our garden to cultivate .
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