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 .
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