Example sentences of "went [adv] [prep] a little [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 And when you wanted to buy something like a three piece suite , you went to somewhere like Bentalls and they took you into a little room , soon as you said to the man well I want to buy this on hire purchase and you went in to a little room and the man sat down and you filled in a long form .
2 Yeah I was gon na say , she went away as a little kid
3 ‘ Love one , ’ said Greg , and watched as Hilary went over to a little kettle on a hot-plate in the corner of the room and slopped boiling water over a tea-bag .
4 We went off to a little restaurant she knew near Leicester Square .
5 And I went there for a little bit , and then we moved on , moved off from there , do you see ?
6 Doing Ophelia on stage before taking up the BBC contract meant that I went there with a little track record — I 'd been blooded , if you like , and it made the whole thing a lot better .
7 Then the monkey went round with a little tin cup .
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