Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [prep] a little " in BNC.
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| 1 | She returned a few minutes later and somewhat grudgingly led me into a little room at the back . |
| 2 | But by far the best gift was given me by a little red-haired girl , Betty , who gave me ( a virgin boy ) her body . |
| 3 | Yeah , but you can only buy them for a little while in the year |
| 4 | Jesus wants me for a sunbeam , Uncle Philip wants me for a little flower . |
| 5 | You want something like a little erm , like a moose you know , a moose carton |
| 6 | And it would be nice if you were to provide her with a little brother or sister . ’ |
| 7 | She never knew how to make it come out sounding as if she was spelling it with a little ‘ m ’ . |
| 8 | You 'll just have to bear it for a little while longer . ’ |
| 9 | She bore it with a little smile of amusement that began to enrage me . |
| 10 | And provide yourself with a little amusement into the bargain ? ’ |
| 11 | Our fathers disciplined us for a little while as they thought best ; but God disciplines us for our good , that we may share in his holiness . |
| 12 | I 've got them on in one room , er I put them on a little bit |
| 13 | You put them in a little brazier thing , like a tiny cup , and they smoulder — the man said they 'll scent the whole room . |
| 14 | Henry is , or whether Mrs G. has presented you with a little Tasmanian , or likely to do so , a point upon which her mother is so exceedingly anxious that on finding it was not mentioned she sat down and cried with vexation . ’ |
| 15 | In reception they put you in a little cubicle like a wardrobe and you have to sit there for hours . |
| 16 | He was bound to remember you with a little legacy . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'll show you in a little while , my darling — as if you do n't already have a very good idea ! ’ laughed Maria . |
| 18 | In this new life which had been thrust upon her , she felt that she must surround herself with a little group of servants whom she knew to be loyal to her . |
| 19 | On one of his visits to Beckenham , Pearson told him about a little girl neighbour , a Downs Syndrome child , who loved seeing Kenneth Williams in films or on television . |
| 20 | Well here 's one man who is very definitely erm upside down about the whole thing , if I can just er tip him over a little bit there , could you , no I 'll try that one again will I |
| 21 | Leslie had an aunt in Durban , but by great misfortune disembarkation was on this occasion not allowed , and he did not meet the relative who had last seen him as a little boy in Scotland . |
| 22 | The roundness of the pleat is improved by filling it with a little wadding or a tube of curtain buckram . |
| 23 | Let it in a little bit at a time . |
| 24 | The Robemaker had not closed the door , but he had pushed it to a little . |
| 25 | I found a photograph of Paul as a baby in one of the albums I kept in the loft , and after the ceremony I wrote the name of the new catapult on the back of the picture , scrunched it up around a steelie and secured it with a little tape , then went down , out of the loft and the house , into the chill drizzle of a new day . |
| 26 | Well , I have n't seen it in a little box yet . |
| 27 | But you belong at the Foundling Hospital and we were only able to borrow you for a little while . |
| 28 | In Ninfania , no one threw away the feather of a bird or the peel of a fruit or the seed from a melon , let alone such durable items as the buttons and hooks and eyes from a worn-out item of underwear — I 've seen you still snip them off an old bra , even today , and drop them into a little box in your sewing basket . |
| 29 | So that perhaps will interest him for a little while . |
| 30 | ‘ She also told me she is going to ask you to help her in a little project , ’ he said , grinning mischievously . |