Example sentences of "it [verb] a little [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You expect it to go a little bit just a tiny bit off |
| 2 | But at the end I thought it got a little bit too silly . |
| 3 | Okay you can sort those out but when we get to take aways it goes a little bit odd does n't it . |
| 4 | But when I joined the Velvet Underground , then it became a little bit more subliminal . |
| 5 | A dark cloud rose from Carey 's head and was swatted away by a wave ; it made a little slick that thinned and trailed out to sea . |
| 6 | It met a little resistance , then the lock yielded . |
| 7 | I think it lies a little bit deeper . ’ |
| 8 | You 've got a very sharp increase and then after nineteen eighty two it stabilizes a little bit . |
| 9 | " Well , " Graham said slowly , deciding he had better say something nice , " it 's good , but perhaps it needs a little work . " |
| 10 | And it looks a little bit sort of set up having that totally different stool brought into the picture . |
| 11 | Erm and then there 's one like a little living room , it has a little settee in it and chairs , you know , child size ? |
| 12 | I mean that 's the rules of debate , but I thought I 'd make that particular point because it has a little bit of poetic licence er in that . |
| 13 | I think it depends a little bit where the visitors are coming from . |
| 14 | Another arcade adventure based on a film but at least this time it bears a little relevance to the subject matter . |
| 15 | It shows a little bit , not in Jack , I do n't mean in Jack I mean in Andrew . |
| 16 | It concerns a little algae problem … |
| 17 | When the constable called , he left his bicycle leaning against the signalbox wall and it screeched a little way along the wall before coming to a rest ; the sound was to remain in Mr Daubney 's memory for reasons that will be revealed . |
| 18 | It showed a little girl with a garland around her neck , and a grass skirt , on an island , being spied on by this little boy through a telescope . |
| 19 | It showed a little bit about his determination . ’ |
| 20 | It gets a little bit like a job . ’ |
| 21 | I suppose we say it 's a nightmare — it gets a little bit electrifying to me because Chelsea is the accolade of the world and everyone 's expecting their best at Chelsea and which we attempt to do every year . |
| 22 | People who have n't seen me play , but have heard the album , say it sounds a little bit different . |
| 23 | If it requires a little effort from the listener , then , it is an ultimately rewarding experience , tightly and skilfully constructed , and containing passages of great beauty and spirit . |
| 24 | It takes a little time to sec that you 're not moving forward any more , either because you do n't know how or because there is n't anywhere to move forward to . |
| 25 | Once a nectary has been drained , it takes a little time to refill . |
| 26 | I imagine they walked in silence for some way after that ; putting a new idea into someone 's imagination , even if that imagination belongs to the cleverest young Fellow of the very grandest college , is like turning on the television — it takes a little time for the set to warm up . |
| 27 | Sometimes it takes a little while to realize you really have lost interest in something , I said to him . |
| 28 | It takes a little while for an author to realize that his book has been a complete failure . |
| 29 | Ultimately one admires its naturalness , its ability simply to relay the balance and range that Rattle has fashioned from the podium ( or so it seems ) , but it takes a little while . |
| 30 | It takes a little bit longer for me , but erm we show you then what 's on the sheet , so you know what is there . |