Example sentences of "he [vb -s] [verb] a little [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why does a barrow boy selling bunched radishes and salad greens in the market at Chinon know by instinct so to arrange his produce that he has created a little spectacle as fresh and gay as a Dufy painting , and you are at once convinced that unless you taste some of his radishes you will be missing an experience which seems of more urgency than a visit to the Chateau of Chinon ? |
| 2 | He has done a little bit of manipulation here and there but overall it will not boost the economy . |
| 3 | Instead , he has produced a little Bill which has no friends and which the House will not find — |
| 4 | He has pinned a little square of material onto both his knees so that when he drives , the fabric of his best trousers will not rub against the steering wheel . |
| 5 | That 's basically for editing purposes , so that , if the editor , he likes the general tenor of what you 've said but he perhaps wants to , he wants to chop a little bit out or he wants to put that sentence up there , he 's got somewhere that he can actually , he can actually do his editing . |
| 6 | Yeah , he does play a little bit . |
| 7 | and he 's made a little sort of bird house |
| 8 | ‘ No , I 've still got Dad , but he does n't count for much now , poor love , he 's gone a little bit silly . ’ |
| 9 | He 's got a little sense ! |
| 10 | He 's got a little cloak . |
| 11 | He 's got a little bit of a split lip cos every time he either smiles a lot or bangs it slightly it just opens up . |
| 12 | Well yeah he is , he 's got a little bit anyway |
| 13 | He 's got a little kid in one hand and he 's walking out of a burning building . |
| 14 | He 's got a little empire and he does n't give a jot |