Example sentences of "it [vb -s] a little [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Okay you can sort those out but when we get to take aways it goes a little bit odd does n't it . |
| 2 | I think it lies a little bit deeper . ’ |
| 3 | You 've got a very sharp increase and then after nineteen eighty two it stabilizes a little bit . |
| 4 | " Well , " Graham said slowly , deciding he had better say something nice , " it 's good , but perhaps it needs a little work . " |
| 5 | And it looks a little bit sort of set up having that totally different stool brought into the picture . |
| 6 | Erm and then there 's one like a little living room , it has a little settee in it and chairs , you know , child size ? |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | I think it depends a little bit where the visitors are coming from . |
| 9 | Another arcade adventure based on a film but at least this time it bears a little relevance to the subject matter . |
| 10 | It shows a little bit , not in Jack , I do n't mean in Jack I mean in Andrew . |
| 11 | It concerns a little algae problem … |
| 12 | It gets a little bit like a job . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | People who have n't seen me play , but have heard the album , say it sounds a little bit different . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Once a nectary has been drained , it takes a little time to refill . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Sometimes it takes a little while to realize you really have lost interest in something , I said to him . |
| 20 | It takes a little while for an author to realize that his book has been a complete failure . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | It takes a little bit of a little bit of maturity a little bit of communication skills and not everybody 's got that . |
| 24 | It entails a little body contact so do not choose someone who is too uptight and of course they must be wearing a jacket . |
| 25 | I know it seems a little bit i idealistic , do n't know what the word is I want but it is for warning |
| 26 | It is our feeling that the council needs to be encouraged to take that attitude because if we have a change of policy as the District Council are asking , so that the number of sites released from industrial use is compensated by new green field sites being allocated , then it seems a little bit like a blank cheque to us and we should like to see a firmer control on the amount of land that is lost to development and in seeing that firmer control we 'd like to put pressure on the District Council by not offering them compensation |
| 27 | So once you know what it means it helps a little bit and can you think of a word that ends the same as that ? |
| 28 | I want you to send them in to me , and here 's where er it becomes a little bit different from other competitions , I want you to send them in to me on a Christmas card please . |
| 29 | It does a little bit of technique to get used to these things , I ag I agree . |
| 30 | The right hon. Member for Manchester , Gorton ( Mr. Kaufman ) and his team are always ingenious in defending whatever the policy of the moment is ; it is just that that policy is changed so often that it leaves a little bit of a question mark over whether they have any plan or direction at all . |