Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] [verb] a little [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Luckily I had a little book in my pocket called Anaesthetics For Medical Students .
2 ‘ I 've been here before so I know a little bit .
3 So I needed a little treatment : ‘ belt and braces ’ .
4 So i did a little bit of here and there in Rhos-y-Bol , relieving different places after after retired really for a couple of years .
5 So she had a little book and she wrote some words in English and some in Arabic the
6 So you see a little article
7 " Perhaps we need a little jazz , Auguste , " he said , winding the mechanism vigorously .
8 Do n't so we use a little star on the atom , and it may not always be carbon , cos we do n't get this sort of isomerism , indeed , like compounds as well .
9 So we do a little thing like this .
10 Perhaps they need a little Radio tuned in to Norman out at that far post !
11 So they look a little bit different .
12 Well he s all he made a little contract out himself , you know that 's what he did , after he he 'd put these new tables in the mill .
13 So he forms a little investment company , B , and exchanges his shares in A for shares in B. No capital gains tax at that stage .
14 Normally I have a little conflab do you ?
15 forgotten all about it , anyway she found a little dent apparently our Laura said that 's just as bad as finding lumps .
16 Unconsciously she gave a little sigh .
17 Unconsciously she gave a little shiver .
18 Lately she seems a little low in spirits . ’
19 Tonight we had a little concert from a first-class military band .
20 If ever I told a little lie , my father [ Sir Michael Havers , former Attorney General ] could tell just like that .
21 When they came nearer he did a little dancing step and curtsied low .
22 Now I think a little lie-down perhaps would be rather lovely . "
23 Now I needed a little sail from the ship , and then I was ready .
24 And what we do with the eyebrows , we do n't just use a pair of tweezers we actually use wax , so if you 've got quite a lot of hair underneath your brow , we never take from above the brow , just below , if you 've got quite a lot of hair , it can be painful if you 're just using tweezers , so what we do now we use a little bit of hot wax , which is pink , so we put some wax under the brow , either side , let the wax erm , cool and set , and then pull the wax off .
25 Eventually they located a little terrier at an animal welfare clinic in Dublin .
26 Well I saw a little bit of it , if I wo I keep wanting to see this film
27 Well I planned a little bit but even if I plan I still ca n't write it .
28 Anyway in the end he went in and erm the next thing the Inspector came up and er he called me and the Union chap into his car and er he said , We got a mark I said yeah well I had a little scar across me knee .
29 Well I do a little bit of yachting .
30 You do a little bit of input well I say a little bit , you do some input , practice and participation then build on that , okay ?
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