Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [vb pp] a little [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a very long novel ; on the other hand it seems to be one of the best novels ever written , and I would strongly recommend somebody who has perhaps read a little George Eliot to go on to that . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I do n't know why they 'd ever had a little place yonder but there was crofts near everywhere , |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Theda had shoved it on so hastily that she must have carelessly left a little hair visible . |
| 9 | So she said look I 've only got a little bit in my pocket . |
| 10 | Oh God you 've only got a little bit |
| 11 | They 've only got a little stub though have n't they ? |
| 12 | No it 's alright I do n't care I 've only got a little mouth . |
| 13 | Oh , you 've only got a little bag each ’ — and climbed in . |
| 14 | ‘ I 've merely done a little time-tailoring , simply removed one of the pleats or flares from the ostensibly straight leg of time . |
| 15 | But by when I 've just had a little crumb I 've said they can have the rest back . |
| 16 | Erm all the other stuff I 've just got a little header set up in the file on |
| 17 | It 's almost mesmeric as well is n't it , this repetition of now , now , now between between the but as as you were saying , it 's sketching all the details in so you , if you were sketching a fox , you know you begin somewhere and say you begin with the nose you 've just got a little detail the nose and the eyes but eventually you 've got to put the whole sketch in . |
| 18 | My parents are still there , but I 've just bought a little flat in Fulham . ’ |
| 19 | To soothe her grief , Mrs Belgrove , who had just had a little boy , designed an all-white garden beyond the lawn . |
| 20 | Maybe they felt his concentration had just waned a little bit late on but he 's er he 's had a good game he should be very pleased with his contribution . |
| 21 | We 've still we 've still got a little bit of fiddling |
| 22 | Now Sammy was a character in himself he was a bachelor and his wi his sister was Fanny the elocutionist er and , and er there the women used to , to go into old Sammy 's shop on a Friday night simply to be entertained by all the wisecracks and nonsense that used to go on in there , and somebody would say I suppose you 're off this weekend and he 'd say yes I 'm off to my little widow in Wales , he had n't got a little widow in Wales at all now but it would the start of the conversation going . |
| 23 | Shortly after volunteering my services contacted me to see if I would act as supporter for who had recently had a little girl called . |
| 24 | She 's already had a little bit . |
| 25 | He 's just got a little job to do . |
| 26 | She 's just bought a little place down in Sussex . |
| 27 | And then I have always fancied a little hall and stairs because at the farm the stairs came straight down to the front door . |
| 28 | Knowing Stuart she 's probably got a little hole down there and he can just flop it out ! |
| 29 | She 's also got a little debt behind |
| 30 | And that 's where Belinda 's her , she 's now got a little baby boy |