Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [pron] [prep] a little " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then in the , where the bath used to be , in this little bathroom I had the cooker and the washer that 's it , I made it into a little kitchen so |
| 2 | Yeah , I said yeah I am , I said I 'm gon na drive up and see , so we got in , went up to Wendy 's , you could n't see through the door Pen , Penny and Kev said well we 'll drive round as well , I said well she 's had us up and down , cos one minute she was quite strong then the next she could n't cope , I said Wendy all I want you to ever know is that I 'm there , if ever you want me phone me , I do n't care whether it 's middle of the night , middle of the morning or whatever , so she says alright , anyway Penny went up , she said she could n't see anything she thinks she 's gone a bed and then me and Rudy went up , it must have been quarter to one cos I took him for a little walk and I got out the car and walked round the back and then , I could see her curtains were open and I could see a light on , so I went round the front and I shouted through the letter box , Wen it 's only me I 've come to wish you a happy new year , let's hope next year will be better than this one and she come to the door and she was broken hearted |
| 3 | ‘ I took her to a little friend 's birthday party yesterday — life when you 're almost two has to go on as near to normal as we can make it . |
| 4 | No , no , I said to Richard is , is , Debbie not feeling well enough to come here , no I took her for a little ride round the . |
| 5 | I had it on a little bit of elastic band and I 've , I 've lost it . |
| 6 | She bore it with a little smile of amusement that began to enrage me . |
| 7 | Wanda stole a half-bottle of Latvian double kümmel from her father 's extensive cellar and we took it to a little bridge on the outskirts of the village where we sat and talked , being careful to hide the bottle when anyone passed by but sipping away until we had finished the lot . |
| 8 | And when you wanted to buy something like a three piece suite , you went to somewhere like Bentalls and they took you into a little room , soon as you said to the man well I want to buy this on hire purchase and you went in to a little room and the man sat down and you filled in a long form . |
| 9 | He returned it with a little bow . |
| 10 | He took her into a little recess aside |
| 11 | But he treated me like a little girl ; part of his training , I suppose . ’ |
| 12 | It was in 1978 that he overreached himself with a little plan to sell illicit diamonds bought by his askaris from a diamond dealer in Lesotho . |