Example sentences of "he [art] little [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I 'll go with him a little way and perhaps we can talk .
2 As he set off to return to the dairy and Tess , his father rode with him a little way .
3 If you want to stay with STG , I 'll be happy to arrange to have your work handled by one of the other partners although it may take him a little time to be able to handle your affairs completely on his own without asking you a lot of questions . ’
4 ‘ Just telling him a little story . ’
5 She gave him a little shake .
6 He began to nibble the lobe of her ear and seemed lost for a moment until she gave him a little shake to encourage him to go on and explain .
7 It took him a little while , but he got it fixed in the end , then held out his dummy hand for the gun .
8 so I , I went back in house and fetched him a little bowl back with me taters in , peeling taters ,
9 Dougal gave him a little nod , as if to say that he had remembered that too .
10 She gave him a little push and , in a daze , he followed Dorothy and one or two of the others up the stairs to the room that had been and still seemed to be Bunty 's .
11 As the weeks went by , Noreen was thrown more and more together with him , but nothing happened , and even Maria was learning to like him a little bit .
12 ‘ No , not quite , ’ she said , giving him a little smile in return .
13 If , if I walked up to a policeman in the street and gave him a little shove , the chances are he would arrest me , unless it was done in a totally friendly way .
14 He smiled widely and held out a hand , but the way he looked Maxim over gave him a little pang of disquiet .
15 She can praise him and give him a little treat .
16 Then I made him a little tent to sleep in , but for a few weeks I always took my gun to bed with me .
17 Raising her head to look at him , she gave him a little slap .
18 She gave him a little glance of understanding .
19 It was n't a full one , but it was enough to give him a little pain .
20 Give him a little plastic clock .
21 One set was all they needed from the match but coach Tommy Dowens admitted the defeat left him a little flat in spite of the fact his team clinched the title .
22 I 've been paying him a little visit . ’
23 If the sergeant got there before you and did n't find you , he would tap with his signalling stick and it goes for miles in the middle of the night — give him a little tinkle , and you walk towards one another .
24 and er he would n't keep out , so , so in the end the caretaker got him a little chair
25 Another problem was his feathers : he was n't growing down quickly enough and he was always shivering , so Maureen made him a little coat out of cotton wool .
26 Expansion , give him a little straw out of which he can make the bricks , have a couple of good stories and so on .
27 Mm leave him a little note .
28 give him a little walk
29 But he had not even asked — she had found him a little unnerving .
30 is Richard 's mum and dad buying him a little car ?
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