Example sentences of "[verb] a little [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They may need a little time to think about it , but they 'll try most things once . |
| 2 | He was hugely enthusiastic about this work and telephoned M. Chaillot , who said he was interested in principle but would need a little time to think about it . |
| 3 | Prepared to suffer a little discomfort to save the life of another person . |
| 4 | prepared to suffer a little discomfort to save the life of another |
| 5 | I want a little thing to crack into . |
| 6 | This girl who 's hair I do erm her little girl , Karla cor she 's if I found a little girl to look like her , I 'd have one ! |
| 7 | Rather to her disappointment , Giles replied , and when she gave him the news about Yvette she added cautiously , ‘ Mind you , she still has a little way to go yet , but I think she 'll be OK . ’ |
| 8 | The manager , symbolically , takes his or her ‘ tin cup ’ in hand and walks around the organization ‘ begging ’ for involvement , seeing who has a little bit to chip in , who has a few spare budget dollars to invest , who has a staff member to lend , who will be on the advisory committee , or who has key data . |
| 9 | They themselves invited a little girl to share my bedroom for a while . |
| 10 | ‘ And you want into his knickers , ’ he added a little laugh to put Gerry at ease . |
| 11 | Perhaps , when he 'd dropped her , he 'd better give a little thought to damage limitation and the covering of his tracks . |
| 12 | Erm I most of the tapes that I 've had in the past have been recorded mono , erm and I 've needed a little doohickey to turn the erm output into mono as well cos it 's awfully off-putting spending seven and a half hours with the stuff coming in through one ear only . |
| 13 | ‘ Would n't mind a little taster to see what I 'm missing , though . ’ |
| 14 | Fold in flour , cherries and ground almonds adding a little milk to make a fairly stiff dropping consistency ; the stiff consistency will help cherries to remain suspended evenly in cake while it is baking . |
| 15 | There was a long pause , the kind of pause that winners always display as they create a little time to savour their victory . |
| 16 | If it is n't , say , ‘ I would like a little time to think about this , I need to get some facts and figures , I 'm sure you would n't wish me to give you incorrect information . |
| 17 | So I 've got a little time to speak ? |
| 18 | Oh it 's got a little bit to go yet |
| 19 | With a soft top , yeah the easiest thing to do is just get a knife , stick it in and slit it and you 've got a little hole to get in . |
| 20 | ‘ But I 've got a little job to do . |
| 21 | He 's just got a little job to do . |
| 22 | If the soup is too thick , add a little water to thin it down . |
| 23 | If necessary , add a little water to prevent sticking . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm sorry to disturb you , but could you perhaps spare a little time to come and talk to the Chief Superintendent ? ’ |
| 25 | Later , in The Sense of Order , my book on decoration , I say somewhere that the shepherd boy who cut a twig from a willow tree and made a little pipe to play a tune on may have been a great genius but we can not tell . |
| 26 | Camcorders on the other hand have to be given a little help to cope with different kinds of lighting by adjustment of their internal white balance settings to enable them to ‘ see ’ white as the same neutral colour regardless of the conditions . |
| 27 | At this point we think it worth using a little space to examine the concept of accountability . |
| 28 | Erm I think really I 'll just leave it there cos I 'm a bit struggling , struggling a little bit to remember quite what Hughie was saying . |
| 29 | Royal icing takes a little practice to spread evenly and pipe , but the results are well worth the effort . |
| 30 | A variation that we used to do , but which takes a little practice to get right , is to cut an elastic band , hold one end with your thumb or finger tip just below the implant , reach round the back with the other hand , stretch the elastic and , keeping it stretched , bring the end round and over the section under your thumb , grip it in the same way , pass round again and over the starting point . |