Example sentences of "he [vb past] a little [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | He made a little bow and rubbed his hands together . |
| 3 | He made a little bow , refusing the invitation to invite . |
| 4 | He made a little bow . |
| 5 | In the ‘ FURNITURE ’ section he made a little hut out of cardboard and used it as a base for his search . |
| 6 | In the pavilion he made a little speech to a few reporters . |
| 7 | He made a little face . |
| 8 | At her sudden acquiescence , he made a little sound of satisfaction deep in his throat and his embrace tightened , becoming almost painful in its intensity , making it difficult for her to breathe . |
| 9 | ‘ Enjoy that , did you ? ’ he drawled a little while later , reappearing with a plate piled high with soft sponge and cream and two glasses that overflowed with bubbling champagne . |
| 10 | I tried to discourage him , but in the end he became a little bit of a nuisance , you know ? |
| 11 | He got a little overtime and he made it go a long way . |
| 12 | But He hummed a little tune , cheery as a plague pit , and — pausing only to extract the life from a passing mayfly , and one-ninth of the lives from a cat cowering under the fish stall ( all cats can see into the octarine ) — Death turned on His heel and set off towards the Broken Drum . |
| 13 | When he woke up he found a little stain , which he thought must be a map of Ireland , on the sheet . |
| 14 | Wherever Defoe passed a house he found a little rill of running water . |
| 15 | ‘ So he wandered the countryside for a long time , starving and having to beg for food , and sleeping in barns and under trees , and eventually he found a little town where all the beggars and old people he 'd had thrown out of the city had gone ; they were very poor , of course , but by all helping each other they had more than the merchant had . |
| 16 | Then he found a little card under his pillow . |
| 17 | He stopped a little way away , and so did I. He 'd obviously got some plan . |
| 18 | He stopped a little way away from me and fell down on the grass and hid his face in his arms . |
| 19 | I took the standard right turn and watched as he stopped a little way out to sea , turned , and stared at us . |
| 20 | Deprived — fortunately as it turned out , for otherwise he would have had no spare time at all — of the pleasures of the rugby field , he played a little squash and tennis ( developing his ‘ cannonball serve : that 's all you need , see : they never get it back ’ ) and ‘ chatting up ’ . |
| 21 | Grayson played soccer for Parklands High School before going on to Preston College where he played a little rugby in 1989 but never thought of taking up the game . |
| 22 | But he missed his trick and he came a little bit too far and he knocked me over and I was underneath the front of the van . |
| 23 | He saluted a little man in tight trousers and a yachting cap , standing by a boat pulled up on the bank . |
| 24 | He drove a little way further on and turned using the grass verge after the last cottage . |
| 25 | He added a little cream to the finished scrambled eggs and put fried croutons round them . |
| 26 | ‘ And you want into his knickers , ’ he added a little laugh to put Gerry at ease . |
| 27 | He watched closely as the emperor rose from his throne , and when he saw him bow low in his direction , he allowed a little smile of polite acknowledgment to play across his face before he turned and strode majestically back to join his entourage . |
| 28 | " Just because he paid a little attention to you to-night , " Jenny said , " you must n't think that . |
| 29 | He followed a little bit behind her intrigued by her reaction to the various scenes . |
| 30 | He walked a little way along the road , past Marshall 's van , and could n't find her . |