Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [adv prt] [art] little " in BNC.
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| 1 | But even when he managed a very convincing Frankie Howerd imitation — eyebrows raised , cheeks sucked in , mouth open in a little ‘ oh ’ of mock surprise , Mr Kinnock seemed not to notice . |
| 2 | He became aware of the wind getting up a little more , sending the small clouds scudding across the face of the moon . |
| 3 | With luck ‘ Mummy ’ might disbelieve the dire tale , especially if the bruise went down a little before she saw it . |
| 4 | He came racing towards me just as I got out , I had already shed my parachute in the aircraft to get out a little more schnell before he accosted me , I got the most bitter rollicking for leaving the aircraft outside his engineering hangar area . |
| 5 | Overnight , the fighting calmed down a little but it picked up again the next morning and raged on throughout the day . |
| 6 | He leaned closer towards her , his elbows resting on his thighs , causing Ronni to flatten back a little defensively in her seat . |
| 7 | The Princesse was already shaking hands with him and Katherine held back a little . |
| 8 | ‘ Miss Howard is here , ’ Candace pointed out a little shrilly . |
| 9 | Her ankles turned over a little on the high heels . |
| 10 | His picture sits on a little wooden cabinet in the lounge , a young man wearing a denim jacket and a hint of a smile . |
| 11 | Violette asked Katherine if she could use her room to freshen up a little . |
| 12 | It was a chance to find out a little of what life in the army is all about . |
| 13 | Once a new tutor was appointed for the girl who refused to go to school , Mr and Mrs M drew back a little . |
| 14 | The lights came up a little , and the show was over . |
| 15 | But once I 'd had a chance to calm down a little I realised that what I wanted was you . |
| 16 | Striped shirt and pink tie perked up a little . |
| 17 | Willie looked up a little bewildered and then back down at his script . |
| 18 | Joe said , ‘ Where and when ? ’ and Ashdown fumbled around a little at the other end of the line and then came up with an address . |
| 19 | The Fluid Foundation comes in a little opaque beige plastic container , and is labelled , in gold lettering , Teint Naturel . |
| 20 | Mr Rose sat up a little . |
| 21 | Instinctively — as if faced by some poisonous animal — people moved back a little . |
| 22 | The view is more stunning yet if you take the trouble to climb up a little from the road , on to the grassy hill behind , so that you can see over the top of the slightly obtrusive forested spur to the south-west ; or if you follow the path through the woods to the south of the road for about half an hour you come out on a crest which dominates the country in the direction of the watershed . |
| 23 | With sudden energy , her ladyship sat up a little straighter , raising her frail body in the bed . |
| 24 | Old Aaron Kleiber built up a little tailoring business , and for a time Ruth had worked for him as a seamstress , together with Sarah Vogel , another immigrant , and Rosie O'Dell , Connor and Sean 's half-sister . |
| 25 | ‘ Steady now , ’ Hitch said and Morton slowed up a little more . |
| 26 | However , when some of the children start to communicate with the familiar but unknown people , Michael Colpan 's dad on the campus lets out a little of the secret , in order to save these poor children from being used as national weapons , since they had the power to make a harmless teddy bear savagely attack a human and kill it . |
| 27 | For very big fish in weedy water the same rigs can be used but the line and hook strength geared up a little . |
| 28 | The woman gave a nervous start , her hands jerking in a little , agitated movement . |
| 29 | Activity dropped off a little in the afternoon before another strong opening in New York pushed leading share prices to their best levels of the day . |
| 30 | ‘ The water is used at the moment by passing migratory birds , but hopefully once the cover grows up a little they will be encouraged to stop here . ’ |