Example sentences of "[pers pn] [to-vb] a little [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I will ask you to write a little note to Uncle Willi and I will take it with us when we go . |
| 2 | ‘ I would like you to do a little service for me , and you will do it . |
| 3 | May I please ask you to give a little time to thinking how best you personally can assist the Society to raise enough funds before the end of this year to complete our Development Plan for 1988 ? |
| 4 | Most of the scriptures we 'll be looking at today is very familiar with us we know them and some of them we may be able to recite without even looking at the words , but er , if we can try and get you to think a little bit about them , then we 've achieved something , if we can get you to think that , you know , well am I dozing or am I really awake as I should be , then we 'll achieve more , in verse eleven it speaks there about er , you people knowing the season , well what people are we talking about ? |
| 5 | Richard and I thought you had settled so nicely ’ — as if I was some sort of jelly — and then , ‘ Well , if you really want to , I suppose it would be nice for you to earn a little pin money . ’ |
| 6 | Very often the examiner will have worded it in a particular way in order to enable you to show a little originality of treatment . |
| 7 | ‘ But because when we join up it will be on the back of a full weekend 's fixtures of FA Cup matches — and by that time they will have played 15 games for their clubs — I 've just asked them to keep a little compartment in their minds about England . |
| 8 | Charles calmed her and forced her to drink a little wine . |
| 9 | You must wipe away the blood with the damp cloth , like this , and help him to drink a little water . |
| 10 | Nicandra looked disconcerted and prim before a great light of kindness broke , telling her to spread a little happiness at any cost to herself . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've been too busy to take him out all day , and I do like him to have a little outing . ’ |
| 12 | But it makes sense to me to have a little bit of help . |
| 13 | ‘ Matron has asked me to have a little talk to you about your temporary position as a special nurse in Marcus Ward . |
| 14 | You expect it to go a little bit just a tiny bit off |
| 15 | Cos the thing is as well , I might be inclined to get a two anyway , because she wants it to last a little while do n't she ? |
| 16 | Be bec , the appalling thing is that they 're quite , they 're quite happy to spread this pain on those who are in the least position to burden it and they believe quite rightly and this , this is the I think , that exists between socialism and and and the Conservatism in that sense that whereas erm , you know opinion surveys bear out the fact that people are quite happy , those who can afford it to pay a little bit extra in terms of direct taxation for those service provisions , which are absolutely vital and these surveys have been conducted in public and they have been made quite er er open to the press , er , just before the last election particularly for the health authority and so forth . |
| 17 | In 1958 we had managed , largely through contact at the village pub , to persuade the tenant of the field to the east to allow us to do a little work . |
| 18 | It 's simply calling us to have a little faith . |
| 19 | ‘ Time for us to have a little chat , sir , ’ Hatchard said to me . |
| 20 | ‘ Anyway , I want us to have a little talk now . |