Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [prep] a little " in BNC.
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| 1 | so it 's all hot on the plate and served straight away you know , luckily erm I managed it but I got in a little bit of a flap I will admit it whereas Shirl 's now got used to that I mean I when we first came we both used to do our own help each other out I used to help out but erm |
| 2 | I stopped in a little restaurant and ordered a hot dog by pointing at a picture of one that hung over the greasy counter . |
| 3 | He led , and I followed like a little sheep . |
| 4 | And I knew for a little while that would be true . |
| 5 | Lt Tim Kelly , 45 , a specialist in mobile air operations , said : ‘ I looked for a little girl who had been injured by shrapnel so I could have her winched aboard . |
| 6 | My English travelling companion was game to try the dulse seaweed , which is a speciality in Ballycastle , so I went into a little shop on the seafront . |
| 7 | And while I was waiting for them I I went into a little shop and For some cigarettes , and er me brother y Oh younger brother , we 'd started him up er f he was a plumber . |
| 8 | So I went like a little lamb following a mother sheep , back to the same room . |
| 9 | I walked off the ship , and I slept in a little house near the sea . |
| 10 | So I slept in a little damp attic room which smelt of apples , my head not very far away from the dream-troubled heads of Shelley and his mistress . |
| 11 | I joined in , and I ran after a little white girl and grabbed her . |
| 12 | Cos her sons had got married and she lived in a little bu flat , bungalow rather . |
| 13 | Last time I went up she asked for a little bell , so she could ring for me . |
| 14 | Anxious to be seen as having made all the right decisions , she added with a little pride , ‘ There were n't no need for a nurse , 'cause I looked after the mistress myself … stayed up all night when the fever took her … mopped her brow and talked nice and low ‘ til she come through it . |
| 15 | When he turned his head to look at her , his eyes flat and grey , she added in a little rush , ‘ I did n't feel anything for him . |
| 16 | She began to walk through the wood , and after a while she came to a little house . |
| 17 | She came to a little patch of sand , the bottom of a miniature canyon , and on the far side of it there was a smooth grey rock , sliced neatly off at the top to make a platform . |
| 18 | ‘ No — well , yes , ’ she confessed with a little grin . |
| 19 | ‘ He said that you looked like a little ghost , and tried not to mention my name . |
| 20 | But it was the American who stood beside her who felt that heat now , she thought with a little shudder . |
| 21 | Anyway , it was a lon , there 's a little restaurant in the road , and it was back of sort of erm Mar , if you wal , you crossed over and if you went through a little slip where it came , you came into this little arcade of shops where o , about in the road next to er |
| 22 | ‘ She looked like a little Biafran with these spindly arms and legs and this big , distended stomach . |
| 23 | She looked like a little black chattering chimney pot , for as the smoke rose up through her veils she kept up a constant conversation . |
| 24 | The sports section that you , you talk you harped on a little while ago . |
| 25 | Although she felt like a little girl who had gone into the wrong party room , she was determined that this woman would not keep her away from her husband . |
| 26 | ’ She cried for a little but comfortably , with relief . |
| 27 | ‘ No , Feargal , ’ she said with a little sigh , ‘ it was coincidence . |
| 28 | ‘ I have to admit , it 's tempting , ’ she said with a little laugh . |
| 29 | ‘ It 's — it 's impossibly warm today , ’ she said with a little laugh . |
| 30 | ‘ In that case , ’ she said with a little smile , ‘ how could I turn down your kind invitation ? ’ |