Example sentences of "be [adj] and [adv] a [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " My dear great-niece , Sara Monroe , will be surprised and perhaps a little chagrined to find that I have not left Moorlake outright to her as I always promised , but when she has met Matthew Preston she will , I know , understand why I have changed my mind . |
| 2 | Her movements as she set the inverted cups upright on their saucers and manipulated milk jug , teapot and hot water jug were precise and just a little fussy . |
| 3 | The discussions at the end of each lecture were animated and sometimes a little heated , for Hindu students , Muslims and Buddhists were a little critical at having to attend any Christian lecture and were very emphatic that they much preferred their own religion to that of Christianity . |
| 4 | The purpose of this project , funded by the ESRC under their ‘ Open Door ’ scheme is to investigate women 's employment in the book publishing industry , an industry in which it is estimated between 50 and 70% of the workforce are female and yet a much smaller proportion of women are employed in senior decision making roles . |
| 5 | " She 's forgetful and sometimes a little difficult , but she still does the garden and she did all the cooking right up to your aunt 's death . " |
| 6 | One does something on the spur of the moment that is trivial and perhaps a little silly , then when that action is caught up in … in a tragic event , one feels quite foolish telling of it . ’ |
| 7 | When she was young and maybe a little wilful , Elizabeth had made what she deemed to be the right decision , and she had suffered because of it . |