Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [verb] a little " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Dunsire ( 1982 , p. 21 ) has written , ‘ the bargaining network model has been made to look a little shop-soiled … |
| 2 | It does n't here , that 's fine , it 's great here , but , at the bottom because it , it 's not being lit quite so well as the top you 're tending to lose a little bit of quality , especially there . |
| 3 | We 're going to wait a little while . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ You 're going to have a little baby brother , Martha , ’ her mother told her one day . |
| 5 | You 're bound to go a little bit too far or not quite far enough . |
| 6 | but the concepts are n't familiar and you 're starting to feel a little bit sort of not quite sure what you can do with them and what you ca n't |
| 7 | but my Lord that subject to that er I do n't think we 'll loose time because I 'm sure by the time Lord has examined er Mr I 'm going to reserve a little bit of cross examination , which is Monday |
| 8 | I 'm going to get a little cushion to put on my you know . |
| 9 | I 'm , I 'm going to try a little experiment which er , which may not work . |
| 10 | I 'm going to have a little quick look at Ikea . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm trying to get a little privacy , ’ she murmured , going over to the far side of the boat where she would be hidden from view . |
| 12 | 20–3–1877 Duncan McLugash , Elder , confessed " that having been led to use a little whisky for relieving asthmatic tightening of the chest , he regrets that he incautiously allowed himself to go to excess , whereby he was overcome by it . " |
| 13 | ‘ I think the 1970s was a time when people were beginning to take a little bit more pride in their motor cars . |
| 14 | With the awards season upon them , J Walter Thompson were being showered with strange-looking trophies in perspex and metal alloy , and were forced to get a little man in to build them more shelves . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | When she heard this Vasilissa was even more frightened , but she said , " Oh , my sister , let me in I beg you , for I have been sent to fetch a little fire . " |
| 17 | Right Jade , I 'm going to have a look in your ears , and this is going to tickle a little bit . |
| 18 | ‘ Someone 's going to run a little child over because the lollipop lady is busy asking drivers to move on but children are coming out all the time . |
| 19 | Hurworth councillor Peter Foster said : ‘ Someone 's going to run a little child over soon because the lollipop lady is busy asking drivers to move on . |
| 20 | It 's going to look a little bit better . |
| 21 | Down in the ballroom , Dennis Lotis is crooning Try A Little Tenderness to a dance floor awash with unsteady pensioners . |
| 22 | The original camouflage paint of my ex-army 109 FFR is starting to look a little tatty and is flaking off in places . |
| 23 | The fur 's starting to grow a little bit |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | This , this , you know , is saying something very , very simple , it 's telling you straight away , okay it 's , it is , it is quite nice to have the quote in there again as I say , if somebody , if somebody is trying to do a little advance story , to say , you could all , you could from there you could actually write something which , without having to go back and make a phone call . |
| 26 | And she 's trying to buy a little justice from fate , ’ said Hotspur , with an overshadowed smile . |
| 27 | When it was said to him , ‘ Try to look on God ’ , he answered , ‘ I was trying to make a little prayer , but my cough hindered me . ’ ’ |