Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] a little [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After his demotion inside SIS , Mills became a little unconventional in what Tait called his ‘ fieldcraft ’ . |
| 2 | The College seemed a little unsure of itself . |
| 3 | Our task was to persuade teachers that classroom discussion of linguistic terms could be stimulating and creative , even if a long account of children 's talk looked a little strange in an official Report directed to the Secretary of State . |
| 4 | The first description seemed a little vague to us , but Bill McMahon , of auctioneers and valuers Outhwaite and Litherland , made an educated guess . |
| 5 | With the certainly massive costs of the exercise ( just how high they were I have not discovered ) it is a pity to feel a little uncertain about the validity of the work . |
| 6 | With the certainly massive costs of the exercise ( just how high they were I have not discovered ) it is a pity to feel a little uncertain about the validity of the work . |
| 7 | Even the worst criminal has a little good in him . |
| 8 | A youngish man , the engineer seems a little concerned at the news . |
| 9 | Jeanie felt a little afraid of Miss Hazelwood 's tits . |
| 10 | For the first time , Isobel felt a little afraid of him , as all the suppressed fury of a rejected child came pouring out in the music . |
| 11 | Jackson recently sat down and listened through his collected works , prior to making selections for the current live show , and found the thread wearing a little thin in places . |
| 12 | First though , with things getting a little hot in the manager 's seat at Oxford United , here 's Erika with the sport . |
| 13 | The Madonna book brought in lots of customers , though Books Etc managers looked a little nervous about the ploy of cornering the market on a firm sale title . |
| 14 | ELECTION day comes a little early for a Middlesbrough school which goes to the polls on Wednesday . |
| 15 | We closed rapidly and I opened fire at about 800 yards sighting a little high at first to allow for the distance and then dropping my bead to centre on the machine . |
| 16 | Miguel looked at her with his calm , aristocratic eyes , and she had the grace to feel a little ashamed of herself . |
| 17 | It is about this time of year that life at the headquarters of the Women Professional Golfers ' European Tour gets a little hectic for Membership Secretary Marion Davies . |
| 18 | Even Steve sounded a little apprehensive about his father 's anger . |
| 19 | Having settled Rachel in a corner and piled our luggage round her and left you , Mig , on guard , I struggled back against the refugees and climbed the gangway again to find Tim looking a little bewildered in the midst of a seething mass of humanity but remarkably calm , and soon we were back on the small boat . |
| 20 | Louisa felt a little helpless before his diffident manner , and she was surprised when Emilia insisted that she remain in the room throughout Frere 's third visit ; surprised and discomfited , for it was not a happy interview . |
| 21 | At the time Mitchell felt a little embarrassed by the Nobel Prize , as he thought scientific effort was essentially collaborative . |
| 22 | If your vagina feels a little dry during intercourse use a lubricant such as KY Jelly to ease the problem of friction and bruising . |