Example sentences of "a little [noun] [verb] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | A little money came in from The Character of Completeness , and he took Dinah out for supper in an hotel one Sunday , when she was not working . |
| 2 | Its very upsetting in more ways than one and an awkward time for a change of priests so Fr John will want just a little time to settle in and feel at home . |
| 3 | The manager , symbolically , takes his or her ‘ tin cup ’ in hand and walks around the organization ‘ begging ’ for involvement , seeing who has a little bit to chip in , who has a few spare budget dollars to invest , who has a staff member to lend , who will be on the advisory committee , or who has key data . |
| 4 | It is at this stage of our discussion that a little physics comes in useful . |
| 5 | Let's look at what Jeremiah had to say to people who were trendy thinkers , concerned about the world about them ( with a little sex thrown in to make sure that the readers were suitably titillated ! ) |
| 6 | Then I made him a little tent to sleep in , but for a few weeks I always took my gun to bed with me . |
| 7 | With a soft top , yeah the easiest thing to do is just get a knife , stick it in and slit it and you 've got a little hole to get in . |
| 8 | A little breeze blew in . |
| 9 | A little breeze came in through the open window and set the hanging light swinging , so that her face was now shadowed , now glistening pale in the electric glare . |
| 10 | we finished the story and we got onto the rhymes I presume and a little body sidled in through the win through the door and he sort of sat there looking pathetic you know , I said would you like to come and sit on my knee ? |
| 11 | Perhaps they need a little Radio tuned in to Norman out at that far post ! |
| 12 | She had only been there a few minutes , revelling in the multiplicity of objects and fabrics , when a little maid crept in and indicated shyly that she would unpack . |