Example sentences of "[be] [verb] a little [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Teachers want to have their privacy invaded , provided they are given a little nudge and they feel sure that there is n't going to be any ‘ comeback ’ in their school . |
| 2 | So we do n't know much about it yet , but on Thursdays we get , we 've got taught how to play erm a keyboard and been taught a little bit about reading music . |
| 3 | There are few indications that that marvellous high level of incorruptibility has been cracking a little bit , are n't there ? |
| 4 | I , myself , am considered a little eccentric . |
| 5 | The part is specified to dissipate a hot 175 watts at 4.5 volts so Western Research Labs engineers are rigging a little water cooling system sealed inside a low-pressure cylinder . |
| 6 | Right , now , the next item is the press and we have a press officer , yeah , like to , perhaps say what 's been happening a little bit and , and you know talk about the next time . |
| 7 | Most of the bigger hotels in Kos have been built a little way out of the old town and the Bohem is about 15 minutes from the far side of Heaven ( the disco ) ! |
| 8 | Yes , it might , it might , but , but , but now you 're getting a little bit , you 're getting a bit too , too sophisticated now , we 're going to come on to that later . |
| 9 | We have made steady progress since the New Year — we have tightened up the defence and now we 're getting a little bit of luck . ’ |
| 10 | We have made steady progress since the New Year — we have tightened up the defence and now we 're getting a little bit of luck . ’ |
| 11 | Yeah , well some of it you 're getting a little bit cheaper |
| 12 | Ah , now we 're getting a little bit toward the meat here . |
| 13 | When it 's your turn to contemplate your ultimate yacht , and you 're considering a Little Harbor on the basis of hull design , appearance , construction , finish , attention to details , and performance , ask one more question . |
| 14 | They 've taken each other for a walk , I think they , I think they 're having a little flirtation , I think they 're over there , |
| 15 | Now we 're doing a little bit of reversion and it is much regret by God for five years I have negotiated budgets with the Labour group against intense opposition to Conservatives and central government to improve the services in Oxfordshire . |
| 16 | And then So now you 're travelling a little bit too close , your eyes are glued on the back of the vehicle in front , what 's the sort of feeling you get ? |
| 17 | As her expression grew mutinous he added , ‘ We 're taking a little trip , and it will probably get cool later , hence the coat . ’ |
| 18 | I 'm glad to see you 're learning a little responsibility . |
| 19 | But on the other hand they 're making a little bit at a pound a pint . |
| 20 | Perhaps you 're feeling a little tense . |
| 21 | Erm , has recently been teaching a little girl that lives next-door . |
| 22 | He was pleased with his performance and said : ‘ I am playing well but I am lacking a little bit of killer instinct . ’ |
| 23 | So all , all the A class judges are getting a little bit long in the tooth now |
| 24 | ‘ I been having a little think , ’ said Ron Paget . |
| 25 | The ones I 've got at the moment are having a little difficulty in working things out , one does n't realise that it 's not best to try to head the ball back to the goalie when there 's a man breathing down the back of his neck , the other has n't been able to find his brain and the oldest one of the lot is always injured . |
| 26 | ‘ I do n't mind telling you , but keep it under your chapeau ’ — Amaranth shuddered slightly ‘ that Carole and her crowd are having a little meeting early this evening to work out their tactics . |
| 27 | Most of Mareuil 's vineyards are set a little distance from the village on south-east-facing slopes immediately beneath Mutigny . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | For this reason it is wise to keep a few in a bowl during the winter , so that they can be given a little warmth during early spring to encourage premature growth and shade the first flush of water discolouring algae , thus discouraging its growth . |
| 30 | and I 'm knitting a little lemon matinee coat |