Example sentences of "[pron] a little [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Can I a little bit of orange ? |
2 | So am I a little bit . |
3 | We have allowed ourselves a little licence with the sauce , ’ Angelina explained . |
4 | ‘ Maybe the party will be able to get some money out of it and we will be able to prostitute ourselves a little bit more . |
5 | We 've amused ourselves a little bit by putting William 's initials on there and the arms of his wife who was called Joan . |
6 | We blitzed ourselves a little bit I think you know , back pass we talked about , no back passes , ball gambles and everything , in he goes , two free headers basically . |
7 | The main entry road was well sealed off with road blocks and white-helmeted military cops behind which a little bit of American Mid-West flourished . |
8 | Another story — the charming Silford Hall tells of a happy visit which a little boy once paid to a country mansion , and how the kind housekeeper showed him round the picture gallery , and gave him a lovely dinner in the servants ' hall ; Crabbe had himself been that humble little boy . |
9 | The whole idea behind the I D S sounds perhaps at first as if its a little bit like an old missionary organization which has been set up to help the natives . |
10 | Yeah its a little conifer we found in er |
11 | He moved away from the mirror , seated himself a little way from the top of the main staircase and wrapped the tails of the shirt around his legs . |
12 | Peter : What he 's done today is buy himself a little time , his troubles are n't over , Mrs Thatcher still casts her shadow over this conference he still has problems inside and outside the cabinet but he has bought some time . |
13 | He allowed himself a little smile , which vanished from his face when he felt the car slowing , and glimpsed through the misted window the place the facilitator had brought him to . |
14 | Nicolo Sabatini permitted himself a little smile . |
15 | He 's a deep forward square leg and there 's Lawrence about thirty yards away from him a little finer , here 's Tufnell the he cuts it away on the off side , that 's a fine and wide give himself a little bit of room ease that away through extra cover , steward in front of the grandstand , four more , which is the way he plays , sixteen not out . |
16 | And I said oh Miss wants to know was she a little bugger |
17 | I said or was she a little sweetie . |
18 | It 's called time , it gives you a little space at the top so you can fill in what you feel to be your role , and if you can fill below , all the tasks in respective order that you do in a typical day . |
19 | ‘ But I want to give you a little help with your wicket keeping . |
20 | ‘ Would not such an arrangement bring you a little happiness ? ’ |
21 | Going through my files the other day , I vaguely remembered sending you a little effort called Offensive from Quasar 13 — just over seven months ago , it must have been . |
22 | I 'll give you a little time for that one . |
23 | ‘ I 'll tell you a little secret , ’ he said softly . |
24 | Well if I tell you a little secret about this . |
25 | Are n't you a little lady ? |
26 | That mister at hospital calls you a little lady . |
27 | I did n't even think about , yes they will , they 'll give you a little cutting , I suppose . |
28 | No , I think that 'll last you a little while . |
29 | Let me tell you a little story . |
30 | Give you a little chance to talk and get , catch up with all your news or something I hope you 're not I find it is n't it ? sweet peas . |