Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [verb] a little [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What 's the point of being aggressive with somebody when they 're gon na walk away feeling as if they 've just been walked all over , so you 've still got the same situation you 've got one person walking away feeling a little bit fed up and the other person not so if you talk about assertiveness in terms of aggression and in terms of submission i.e. there 's going to be a winner and there 's going to be a loser depending which way round you look at it then you still have n't quite grasped what we mean by assertiveness . |
| 2 | He has already brought a little magic into the lives of Bristol Rovers ' fans , who could see nothing to look forward to but relegation from Division One . |
| 3 | Julia has recently got a little job . |
| 4 | The headmaster said , ‘ I think we 'd better have a little talk . |
| 5 | I was n't actually gon na say anything but I 'd better say a little bit . |
| 6 | No it were Monday when in here cos I was oh I were , Gavin were wanting some toast with jam on and I 'd only got a little bit like that , I says oh you 'll have to wait while your Aunty Margaret brings some more tomorrow . |
| 7 | I 'd always wanted a little girl , but one of the students at the door told me I had a beautiful little boy and he was fine . |
| 8 | I do n't know why they 'd ever had a little place yonder but there was crofts near everywhere , |
| 9 | You could n't care less , one way or the other — you just came here to have a little fun at my expense . |
| 10 | Tess bravely made a little cross and put it at the head of the grave one evening , when she could enter the churchyard without being seen . |
| 11 | ‘ All right , ’ Agnes said resignedly , ‘ so what it boils down to is that , despite your assurances to the White House Protective Detail , you 're sneaking off to do a little sleuthing on your own ? ’ |
| 12 | Now it seemed to me that one thousand six hundred was initially as a result of survey work or shall we say investigation into the housing waiting list carried out by the York housing department , and I have to say that I have a certain respect for the York housing department , and they have a certain reasonable and good reputation within the region as a housing department , and so there seems to me that there is a gr a there is a potential to underestimate er the the affordable requirement that 's been put to you , another point erm I 'd just like perhaps to seek a little clarification from Mr Curtis , was was unfortunately I was looking something else up or my attention was diverted when he gave some figures for Ryedale and Selby , I think he said , and I 'll happily stand corrected on this , that if you take away the York requirement figure from his ten thousand four hundred for Greater York , then the remainder he would apportion to Selby and Ryedale , so that Selby got four thousand two hundred , sorry , so that Ryedale got four thousand two hundred and Selby got one thousand seven hundred , erm that does n't add up to ten thousand four hundred and I I I in total , and I I wondered where the rest was coming from , if I the point correctly . |
| 13 | you know just have a little bit off it |
| 14 | Theda had shoved it on so hastily that she must have carelessly left a little hair visible . |
| 15 | And er I I was pulled in to take a little part in this play er I remember that . |
| 16 | He broke off to applaud a little ball striking a boundary rope not far from us . |
| 17 | Yeah I , one of the , yeah yeah , I to started off doing a little bit like that but you find things do n't actually sit in categories very well that 's becomes one of the problems . |
| 18 | If I did not have a little bit in the bank I would not be able to pay for it all . |
| 19 | Well th the thing is those of you who did it last year with me , it 'll follow much the same sort of format , so Erm but we did n't do a little talk before . |
| 20 | I did n't use a little animal every two seconds ; they were expended at a few a week . |
| 21 | However , I do n't think a little checking into his background would go amiss . ’ |
| 22 | I just do n't want a little guy with a moustache in the White House . |
| 23 | The monster looked at him and , realizing what the policeman was thinking , growled slowly , ‘ If I want to tear people to pieces , I do n't need a little stick . ’ |
| 24 | Be different , you do n't mind a little run do |
| 25 | When they say to you ‘ oh well , you know , surely you do n't mind a little bit of flirtation and so on ’ I think very often that 's an entirely mendacious reply , that they know perfectly well what you 're talking about when you talk about sexual harassment , and in the context of discussions in the SCR or over dinner , they simply do n't want to have to deal with it and so they will dismiss it by way of saying ‘ well , you know , I 'm only being chivalrous , or this is the way I was brought up ’ . |
| 26 | ‘ Nonsense , ’ I said , ‘ I do n't mind a little rain . ’ |
| 27 | So she said look I 've only got a little bit in my pocket . |
| 28 | Oh God you 've only got a little bit |
| 29 | They 've only got a little stub though have n't they ? |
| 30 | No it 's alright I do n't care I 've only got a little mouth . |