Example sentences of "i [verb] [vb pp] a little [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well it was a wee bit under because I was only an office clerk , I , I was n't the junior but by then had come there and there were other , other clerks , some girls who 'd come into the office and I 'd got a little bit of step up you see and took over a little bit more important work , erm , I did just before I went in the Army have a dabble at erm running times , that was preparing the schedules for buses . |
| 2 | I was told I 'd got a little girl , then I heard her crying . |
| 3 | So I worked down here and nights up there preparing it and all round this , this place was coat hooks and that , where they all hung their things and I had to knock them down , you know what I mean , and fix me own benches up and er I 'd got a little treadle lather and er sufficient for me to start . |
| 4 | I thought , I 'd like him to think that I 'd improved a little bit . |
| 5 | But things started to change when a friend mentioned that since I had lost a little weight whilst being away on a beach holiday with my boyfriend ( not deliberately , just through not eating much in the heat of Spain ) several people had said how I looked better . |
| 6 | I had prepared a little note , written in my smallest writing , and I slipped it into the envelope when he was n't looking . |
| 7 | I believe I had walked a little way along the roadside , peering through the foliage hoping to get a better view , when I heard a voice behind me . |
| 8 | That was all I needed … just when I had found a little peace at last . |
| 9 | Do n't forget I 've planned a little job to do outside working hours . ’ |
| 10 | I 've done a little work on eidesis myself . |
| 11 | I 've done a little bit , yeah . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ I 've had a little help from Barry Humphries in this , and I hope I 've paid him due credit , thought he did start that nasty rumour that he was me or I was him . |
| 14 | " Yes , I 've had a little difficulty these last two mornings . |
| 15 | I did n't make them I er I 've had a little go but I 'm not very good at it . |
| 16 | I know what it 's like these days — we 're all stretched as far as we can go ’ — he sighed — ‘ but I 've had a little think and I see a way round it for you . |
| 17 | Well yes , training , I mean it 's more of a jog , I 've had a little injury problem with a knee , but er like I say er , it really is a challenge and I 'm not going to let anything get in my way . |
| 18 | I 'm sorry , I 've forgot a little aid for you . |
| 19 | Erm I most of the tapes that I 've had in the past have been recorded mono , erm and I 've needed a little doohickey to turn the erm output into mono as well cos it 's awfully off-putting spending seven and a half hours with the stuff coming in through one ear only . |
| 20 | So I 've got a little time to speak ? |
| 21 | So I 've got I 've got a little pinprick in me eye . |
| 22 | And I 've got a little chart that I 'll give you to do that on . |
| 23 | No , I 'll get mine out I 've got a little dip in the corner ! |
| 24 | and it 's going to be a record , simply a record of erm , English as it 's spoken in nineteen ninety one , I 've got a little blurb on it which I 'll show you . |
| 25 | ‘ No , I 've got a little bit , but I do n't want to waste it on a hotel . |
| 26 | It 's going to cost you under thirty eight pounds , so I 've got a little bit of wei , leeway if I made a few mistakes . |
| 27 | Yeah I 've got a little bit of silver and gold at home actually , but I did n't bring it in today |
| 28 | I 've got a little bit here going from Mr he had to come in again and see to two lights and he 'd only take two pounds and that included the light bulb , but I paid him so that comes out of the . |
| 29 | and I said I 've got a little boy who can do building work , he mixes cement in the cement mixer |
| 30 | I 've , I 've got a little knife , I do n't know where I got it from , on it , on it , it says steel and it 's all broken the blade because , you know , it 's been used so much and it 's sharper for even being broken than any thing else I 've got . |