Example sentences of "[to-vb] a little [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are lots of planting opportunities left for the season : I would like to try a little herbary , for example , and go for a bigger emphasis on autumn colour . |
| 2 | And then I got it into my head to try a little art . |
| 3 | I dialled and this time decided to try a little subterfuge . |
| 4 | I 'm , I 'm going to try a little experiment which er , which may not work . |
| 5 | There is spiritual value in the very handling of its primary elements to write a little song or dance , even an exercise ; even , as Bruckner used to show his classes , in a fifth or octave struck at a piano . |
| 6 | So it 's , is it better to write a little bit about a lot of things ? |
| 7 | That 's fine , well I have to , to make a , have to write a little letter and , and , that 's . |
| 8 | I will ask you to write a little note to Uncle Willi and I will take it with us when we go . |
| 9 | Going to write a little note to the examiner , are n't you . |
| 10 | If you want to catch salmon , Bruce , you must be prepared to suffer a little discomfort . |
| 11 | Prepared to suffer a little discomfort to save the life of another person . |
| 12 | prepared to suffer a little discomfort to save the life of another |
| 13 | I forgot I 'd brought you ! ’ she exclaimed as the store detective pushed Miranda into her mother 's sleek legs , only to provoke a little skipping step to the side . |
| 14 | The stems of mare 's tails with their jointed stalks were disjointed to provide a little guessing game as to which joint was the broken one . |
| 15 | Before I begin to examine these ‘ internal ’ factors , it would be useful to provide a little background information . |
| 16 | ‘ I asked Jaggers to find a little girl for me to adopt , and he brought Estella here , when she was about three . ’ |
| 17 | To find a little boy who looks like me and maybe has a ring like this one . |
| 18 | He thought the goods on display were crude and tasteless ; but sometimes it was possible to find a little gem amongst the mass-produced dross . |
| 19 | Fresh over from Ireland , and I thought it would be so easy to find a little office job — typing , filing . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ To the West End , to find a little restaurant that is not expensive , ’ said Marcelle , smiling . |
| 21 | In actuality it was Morrissey utilising his long sought-after position of power to extract a little revenge , nothing more than ‘ Look at me now , you spineless bastards ’ . |
| 22 | Those who will have to work a little bit harder to reach their full potential , coming from east of the Rockies where rugby is a spring and summer game , are Alberta scrum-half Tom Liddle , Newfoundland flanker or no.8 Rod Snow and the Ontario trio of Charron , Lougheed and Scott MacKinnon , a fullback or centre and brother of Gordon . |
| 23 | Well that 's not as disgusting , I used to know a little kid that used to eat shit , by the way everybody , I just thought I 'd let you know . |
| 24 | ‘ I have inherited a pub full of history and want to know a little bit more about it , ’ he said . |
| 25 | Well there 's , they need to know a little bit about you . |
| 26 | The male patient is asked to pass a little urine ( perhaps the equivalent of two tablespoons ) into one glass beaker and then to pass more into a second beaker . |
| 27 | Cricket in Sri Lanka is indeed a tough job with the high humidity as big a factor as the near 100 degree temperatures and the weather does add extra pressure on England 's players at the end of a long and arduous tour as they try to regain a little bit of their lost pride . |
| 28 | And I think you 're supposed to prune a little bit , are n't you ? |
| 29 | Whether the witless yobs breaking into the centre and attempting to destroy a little bit of village life understand a word is of course extremely doubtful . |
| 30 | They were hoping to create a little election history in Belfast , where brothers have never been elected to the city council at the same time . |