Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] a little [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And let me quote Locke er here we are are we he says but submitting to the laws of any country , living quietly and enjoying privileges and protection under them , makes not a man a member of that society then he goes on a little bit further down nothing can make any man so but is actually entering into it by positive engagement and express promise and compact . |
| 2 | We have to wait patiently a little while longer yet to determine whether the new generation Alpha RISC machines have turned Digital Equipment Corp around or whether the company is pursuing the same downward curve as IBM Corp , because the company has still scarcely started shipping the machines in real numbers — but it does not make it clear whether that is a function of supply or demand . |
| 3 | No , her right one 's hanging down a little bit . |
| 4 | I mean Simon Greyson is not not picking up here neither is Colin Hill and really it 's come on a little bit sudden but that was totally unnecessary as well . |
| 5 | We should not overlook the possibility of attracting professional musicians into church music , and the teaching profession in particular contains people who might need only a little persuasion to help , at least on an occasional basis . |
| 6 | She would have rustled up a little casserole or coq au vin while he laid the table beautifully . |
| 7 | It turned out that Cedric was getting rather a lot of meat and I drew up a little chart cutting down the protein and adding extra carbohydrates . |
| 8 | Perhaps you could lighten up a little bit . ’ |
| 9 | She sit down on the chair but she 'll want to stand up a little bit cause we got bins underneath and she wants to put her feet on the bins |
| 10 | Full of new hope that maybe our rethink might be working he struck into what appeared a solid fish , although this was a little misleading as the cat had picked up a little weed and once freed she quickly surrendered . |
| 11 | and and erm a and build up a little bit of er text on just how good we are , and what we can produce , and how well equipped we are . |
| 12 | Now we 've got a formula , so we build up a little table . |
| 13 | There 's a certain amount of history because the moon is if if the earth is spinning round the moon is going round the water that the moon is attracting will be rushing to catch up a little bit . |
| 14 | Erm , I 've been thinking that I ca n't chair this meeting and take the notes and things when it becomes , and if it , the fund comes through and it becomes the audio description project as opposed to this group , and you know we will be widening out a little bit , I wonder if we should actually have a chairman type person . |
| 15 | Keeping back a little fondant for the door and children ( about 100g/4oz ) , colour the remaining fondant blue . |
| 16 | There was then the opportunity to meet the captain and crew and to find out a little bit more as to how the plane was able to fly at such a phenomenal speed . |
| 17 | Like you say , a couple of days off now and then , you seem to come back a little bit more fired up . |
| 18 | Henry tried out a little gasp of sympathy . |
| 19 | As well as observing the score 's incredible organization of its thematic riches — ‘ I tried to work out a little table of leitmotifs and I got past 70 , which is amazing in an opera ’ — Maazel discovered in rehearsal just how well thought out Puccini 's orchestration actually is . |
| 20 | Loc let out a little moan of anguish . |
| 21 | Robbie let out a little breath of relief . |
| 22 | When she saw him , she let out a little cry ( that bit took ages to rehearse : every bit that required Lady Laetitia to do more than flash her tits took ages ) , then turned and ran to the end of the room . |
| 23 | ‘ Carve out a little part of your shop as an information corner , perhaps that part where you put travel guides or computer books . |
| 24 | Well , we were n't having that , so we stood around , we said ‘ Well , we thought we 'd just wait around a little bit , you know , just in case they might want to say goodbye to us . ’ |
| 25 | But then when it goes just a little bit further . |
| 26 | Most of them had never been before and was scared , she got just a little bit of water in her mouth and she thought she was drowning but instead of saying drowning she said to me , ‘ I drownded ’ . |
| 27 | Its very upsetting in more ways than one and an awkward time for a change of priests so Fr John will want just a little time to settle in and feel at home . |
| 28 | I ca n't remember exactly who lived on the right hand side , I 've forgotten but th I know the Chief Clerk lived just a little way down , you see , er |
| 29 | Then I 'm going to take another triangular bandage and I 'm going to open it up and make just a little fold , this is going to go on her forehead and that little fold just helps with keeping it firm and stopping the bandage slip , now , just put it around the forehead like that , okay ? |
| 30 | ‘ You 'll have to wait just a little while , Monsieur Gravellier , ’ one had said . |