Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] [verb] [prep] a little " in BNC.
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1 | Er I might come for a little while . |
2 | You can see er , at the top , of course the profits were down but nonetheless er , I think quite encouragingly , we have higher operational cash flow and I 'll go into a little detail of that later . |
3 | So Liz , in particular , and I 'll join in a little bit , we 'll sort of itemize some of the aspects , just to remind you and , and focus a little bit on this , and then we move into another mode where you get very creative and very constructive . |
4 | I could do with a little bit up here pall . |
5 | ‘ I could score on Wednesday and become a national hero , but a week after I could get into a little incident and it would be all over the back pages again and I 'm a villain . |
6 | ‘ Something tells me you may bump into a little politics on the way . ’ |
7 | I just hope she 'll sleep for a little while . |
8 | Yes , I mean I 've got to say to that , I thought they kept going ; two nothing down you know and I 've played in games where your playing top opposition and you can go under a little bit ca n't you . |
9 | Yes , I mean I 've got to say that , I thought they kept going at two nothing down you know sides , and I 've played in games where you 're playing top opposition and you can go under a little bit ca n't you ? |
10 | Try it after a relaxing bath or shower when you can indulge in a little pampering with aromatic oils and lotions to make the whole experience more enjoyable . |
11 | Now you can imagine with a little van that size the policeman thought he was taking the mickey . |
12 | Of course , where the science fiction writers really go to town is on what happens if you do fall in a black hole , A common suggestion is that if the black hole is rotating , you can fall through a little hole in space-time and out into another region of the universe . |
13 | There 's one paradox here that I think can confuse people and we ought to talk about a little bit and that is the libidinal aspect . |
14 | We could improve on a little bit was er , the time spent on incoming calls and queries which is hard to get away from . |
15 | Now , er if we could come on a little bit , erm , tt when was it that you became sort of officially politically active , when you actually joined er joined the party ? |
16 | I thought we 'd come for a little walk and |
17 | Ironically , what we also find , as we shall see in a little while , is that when soteriology was really put on the map in the eleventh century much of the drama was lost . |
18 | So but nevertheless we will look at a little bit at those peripheral things , but we 're going to concentrate mainly on the design and on the delivery of a presentation so that 's what we want to what we want to look at over the next two days . |
19 | While the mood of the letters sequence was naturalistic , this time we can indulge in a little magic and mystery as we show the decking of the tree with all kinds of colourful lights and baubles . |
20 | Well they had er , they had all that this morning , they should go for a little while . |
21 | A field of stalagmites lies there , looking strangely translucent , and I suppose they could look like a little army of gnomes if the shadows were right . |
22 | Cos you can only use them up to about four I would think cos other , other than that they get a bit too big for them do n't they ? he could do with a little slide in the garden |
23 | I thought well he 's got a couple of kids so he could do with a little girl . |
24 | Seen from a helicopter it would look like a little lad 's still-wet scribble on a sheet of green paper , winding and erratic ; drawn with a shaky hand . |
25 | I know it will hurt for a little while , but I 'll get better , so why worry ? |