Example sentences of "and [vb past] a little [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even Green did wonder why a better path could not have been made and recommended a little landscaping of trees and rocks which blocked the views of Stock Ghyll force . |
| 2 | Afterwards , he settled down and relaxed and became a little bit more impish . |
| 3 | And she made a little dint in the ground which filled with some water and became a little pool for the snake to drink out . |
| 4 | Later , in The Sense of Order , my book on decoration , I say somewhere that the shepherd boy who cut a twig from a willow tree and made a little pipe to play a tune on may have been a great genius but we can not tell . |
| 5 | He was in demand for the hearing of confessions and made a little chapel for this purpose on the ground floor of his house . |
| 6 | paid me poll tax , paid me s search fee and got a little bit of cash out for readies and s , there 's now at this moment in time , there 's four hundred and fifty pound in there . |
| 7 | I went into this shop and got a little box of them . |
| 8 | A light breeze came off the sea and provided a little relief from the afternoon heat . |
| 9 | After a bit we both found the grammar rather monotonous and tried a little conversation so that my English would benefit too . |
| 10 | Mary said nothing , but she drank some tea and ate a little bread . |
| 11 | As he spoke he broke the seal on the carton of cream for his coffee , inadvertently squeezed the carton , and squirted a little jet of cream up her skirt between her thighs . |
| 12 | Miss Honey poured the tea and added a little milk to both cups . |
| 13 | He took out a pipe and poured a little brandy . |
| 14 | He chewed and smiled and cuffed a little run of juice off his chin with the heel of one hand . |
| 15 | Some of them were younger and jollier than their predecessors , and enjoyed a little dancing to the music of a gramophone . |
| 16 | It would have been inconsiderate , and the possibility was not discussed , although Groa , moving from hall to hall with her husband , took the chance to pack a few extra boxes with thick clothes and blankets , and spent a little time during her last call at Orphir studying the crucifix Bishop Jon had pinned over her bed and wondering whether or not it would be Christian to pray for a wind . |
| 17 | The sailing ship Roraima arrived at St Pierre early in the morning of Thursday , 8 May , and anchored a little way off shore . |
| 18 | ‘ Might as well pay you now , ’ he said , and pulled a little tin box out of one of his desk drawers , opened it , and began to count out her meagre wage . |
| 19 | A further decree in 1982 , this time initiated by a civilian government , reinforced state control of the banking and finance sectors and went a little way to encourage Nigerian capital to invest more in the manufacturing sector . |
| 20 | And then we bought a copy of the New Musical Express and saw a little ad that went with it . |
| 21 | Anyone who had had that knew a bit about the Treasury and knew a little bit about fighting back and working round them and all the rest of it and of giving orders direct to the Chancellor and saying , ‘ Look , this is what we must have ’ , and then getting the Cabinet to back it , so that it was harder for the Treasury to say ‘ No . ’ |
| 22 | If it had been a Peter Reid type , someone who battles and fights his way through every game as if his very life depended on it , I might have sat up and took a little bit more notice . |
| 23 | I sat in the children 's ward , the only one left , and nursed a little boy who had once again returned , but who had developed a whooping cough complication on ‘ the day ’ itself . |
| 24 | Ingrid watched her , as she skipped lightly before her eager audience and gave a little half curtsy . |
| 25 | The woman looked after her and gave a little shrug . |
| 26 | As I reached the end of the student union building I looked back and gave a little finger-wiggle . |
| 27 | He shrugged and gave a little laugh . |
| 28 | Turning to face front , she suddenly saw Ellie and gave a little screech of alarm . |
| 29 | Kelly waved as she pulled away in her car , and gave a little sigh of relief . |
| 30 | He looked down at the manuscript and locket and gave a little shudder . |