Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] a little [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm but if you ca n't sleep you could put a little bit on a hankie on your pillow or rub a little bit on your chest , and it 'll help to erm make you sleep . |
| 2 | She has a new ‘ friend ’ … separated & has a little boy and that makes me sad too … for their family … again , I ask no questions . |
| 3 | Try activating again , or wait a little while before re-activation . |
| 4 | Having slugged back a glass of plum brandy , she says : ‘ I 'm a good Christian , but I 'll not turn the other cheek if some Albanian plucks out the eyes of a fellow Serb , or rapes a little girl , or castrates a 12-year-old Serbian boy … |
| 5 | You used to have to rub all your clothes and on this rub board or get a little brush and and scrub the s collar and your cuffs and then in the salt water and get all them in and then you used to have to ponch them with a ponch or a dolly peg , what used to go round like that you see . |
| 6 | The argument he used was still being used in the time from which I came , give or take a little rodomontade . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Afterwards , he settled down and relaxed and became a little bit more impish . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | One classic er case that only occurred a few years ago and it was way before bonfire night , but erm , people working from home to try and make a little bit of pin money , a young lady had taken on the task of putting sparklers into five into a little bag for a particular manufacturer . |
| 11 | And this is egg and bacon and mushroom a little piece of cheese Orville ! |
| 12 | It would be very it would be very considerate if you did try and answer a little bit briefer alright ? |
| 13 | Er and we want to try and explain a little bit about tt how far we got in terms of achieving certification to I S O Nine Thousand . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | He was in demand for the hearing of confessions and made a little chapel for this purpose on the ground floor of his house . |
| 16 | Here he created a pond , making a point of issue and a channel to a further pond , and building a little bridge from water-worn stones so that it would look entirely natural . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | I went into this shop and got a little box of them . |
| 19 | Wendy from Countesthorpe in Leicester , is 18 years old and has a little daughter , Natasha , who was born in December 1988 . |
| 20 | But he thought Attlee ought to consider the problem ‘ and send a little note to his colleagues or address some remarks to them in Cabinet about the working of the committee system ’ . |
| 21 | The latter comes at midprice and offers over twenty minutes ' extra music — but DC 's 1973 analogue recording is n't as ripe and sonorous as the new Chandos and exhibits a little tape hiss if played too loudly . |
| 22 | There is an element of humour in this story as the eleven-year-old girl , brought up by a cynical , unloving father to be arrogant and self-sufficient , is helped by the bracing company of Dick and his holiday companion Hugh Vallens to relax and enjoy a little fun . |
| 23 | So after a while the wolf became bored , and decided to go and catch a little pig for his supper . |
| 24 | A light breeze came off the sea and provided a little relief from the afternoon heat . |
| 25 | After a bit we both found the grammar rather monotonous and tried a little conversation so that my English would benefit too . |
| 26 | Just sit very still and wait a little while . |
| 27 | Let's go and rouse a little action , huh ? |
| 28 | So just behave yourself , and show a little respect , or you 'll find yourself doing a striptease on top of the wedding cake in ten seconds flat ! ’ |
| 29 | And looking a little cooler , Emma Jesson from the weather department . |
| 30 | Mary said nothing , but she drank some tea and ate a little bread . |