Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] [verb] a little " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or we made a little fault with the design . |
| 2 | Or they have a little book where they can look it up . |
| 3 | ‘ I felt numb from the neck upwards , which is the ideal way to play this game , ’ he said , ‘ and I had a little lesson yesterday from my friend David Jones . ’ |
| 4 | And I had a little silver box for my jewels . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Caroline and I had a little quarrel last evening , signore . ’ |
| 6 | well we went on a course , for a week up Newcastle and of course er erm we had to be there for nine o'clock so we had to catch the bus , at the latest half past eight so you 're up at you 're up at seven and you get showered and what have you cos there 's a shower in the be bedroom get yourself all ready so you 're down by about erm half seven , quarter to eight , like so you tend to think quarter of an hour to the erm bus stop which is right outside the door of the hotel we were getting so and we use the bus rather than take the car in daily , cos it 's easier so I and er and of course I sat down and had a breakfast and I thoroughly enjo , I did n't have any cereals you know , I says well er and I had a little bit of orange orange juice , but it was this erm made up orange juice |
| 7 | Because I took midwifery and I took a little bit of erm school nursing and general you know , so that I was capable take a district on Anglesey . |
| 8 | I was naked , so I put on sunglasses and a Led Zeppelin record and I did a little Zeppelin dance . ’ |
| 9 | There , you can say that I 'm happy in a relationship with a man and I have a little girl . ’ |
| 10 | twenty second a ba er about a week before we go and I have a little toy for , for Geoffrey he 's two |
| 11 | But if I 'm up at the shop and I see a little card or something |
| 12 | And we we discussed the the difference between anxiety and arousal and how we can turn our anxiety into arousal to ensure performance and I plotted a little graph if you remember . |
| 13 | But we kept you up later last night and you slept a little bit longer . |
| 14 | You have been so good to George and you deserve a little reward now that all the young people have come . |
| 15 | I said in my teapot there is a little , and he told you to use white tide and you put a little bit of tide in it once a week . |
| 16 | And it 's raw linseed oil , you dip your you have it in a dish and you dip this pad into the into this dish and you put a little drop of raw linseed oil on that , and you work it in and you go round and round in circles and you you know , I mean , and that 's left . |
| 17 | Big big thick rod and you pull a little bit of it through a tiny hole and you stretch it out , and you keep stretching it and you keep stretching it , it does n't |
| 18 | ‘ And you bring a little sunshine into my life , too , ’ she grinned . |
| 19 | And you have a little chart to help you do that . |
| 20 | There was something in his voice that suddenly got through to her , and she felt a little tendril of pleasure unwinding inside . |
| 21 | Every week she was able to give Aunt Sarah something for her keep and she had a little left over to save . |
| 22 | But she mentioned the stash-for-cash deals , and she kept a little record , and she named names . |
| 23 | And she made a little dint in the ground which filled with some water and became a little pool for the snake to drink out . |
| 24 | Now angry frustration replaced satisfaction , and she experienced a little spurt of apprehension amid the bleak realisation that he had n't been speaking out of generosity after all . |
| 25 | He told Mrs Heatherton his mother 's maiden name , and she gave a little grimace which in anyone else might have been a smile . |
| 26 | Failing that , and she gave a little giggle , Rosalba 's face was such a picture of attention , at the Assumption . |
| 27 | The implications began to whirl around her head , and she gave a little groan . |
| 28 | But when she looked at it more closely , the blood rushed from her face and she gave a little gasp of incredulous horror . |
| 29 | His hair , longer than her own , was dripping down his face and neck , and she gave a little smile . |
| 30 | The touch of his lips on hers was gentle , slow , deliberate , and she gave a little sigh of satisfaction . |