Example sentences of "it a little [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ If so , give it a little milk to keep it quiet . ’ |
2 | People walked round it , a pram wheel caught it and dragged it a little way . |
3 | I moved it a little way away . |
4 | erm , she made me bend my head and I could only bend it a little way and she could see the spasms |
5 | And when my father gives it a little thought he 'll realise it is now September and that my time off is likely to creep into next year , which will make a much longer period owing to me . ’ |
6 | He tightened his grip on Dougal 's arm and gave it a little shake . |
7 | His right eye , which he had hardly noticed until Dr McNab had looked at it a little while earlier , had begun to throb painfully , and at the same time he felt feverish and nauseated , though perhaps it was only on account of the fetid atmosphere and the stench of urine . |
8 | th you er I mean if it were very heavy you 'd almost sort of be prepared for it to go , but you know when you 're s s standing with a , something quite light , and you might have been standing with it a little while in your hand , and then suddenly the hand goes and ca n't you see that 's ve that 's very upsetting , it makes you not very confident . |
9 | Okay so we 've got s we 've , we 've discussed it a little while , we 've already got some , I mean you 're more clever at crimes than I have really . |
10 | ‘ And , as he said in his letter , it was all right for him to rough it a little while he was on his own , but he has Elise to think of now . ’ |
11 | I think it 's , I 'll leave it a little while or else he 's be |
12 | I s I heard something about somebody was talking to me about it a little while ago . |
13 | A worker stimulates the grub to produce its silk by giving it a little squeeze . |
14 | She let her hand stray to his cheek , giving it a little pat . |
15 | Around the gate and the two fire-engines parked by it a little knot of spectators was gathering , increasing by the minute , kept at a distance by two superbly imperturbable members of the Lancashire County force . |
16 | And is n't it a little moving to think of all these various people being moved by poor old Eddy 's death ? |
17 | What we 're trying to do is to write cricket bats , so that when we throw up an idea and give it a little knock , it might … travel … |
18 | They want to rip all the trees down as well they want to make it a little piazza thing do n't they ? |
19 | Was it a little school there . |
20 | Just give it a little tap . |
21 | ‘ And if you pick one of these creatures up and place it a little distance away on the surface of the water , all its fellows will see is that it vanished , and reappeared elsewhere . |
22 | In Salamanca we often smiled at each other as we passed along a street called Street of the Two Poets — or was it a little plaza ? |
23 | But who could get this far and not just push it a little bit ? |
24 | It was leaving it a little bit late , even if there was the possibility of serious trouble in the summer , not to be talking about it . |
25 | I never tried to copy those guitar players , but I tried to steal it and kind of change it a little bit . ’ |
26 | He said : ‘ The van was not there at 6pm but I noticed it a little bit later . |
27 | Everyone writes it a little bit differently , with a personality all his own . |
28 | And that 's not quite on so that would bring it a little bit it might be about ninety two or something it might |
29 | It does n't matter if we do it a little bit before you do it at school because when you do it you 'll understand then and you can get a lot from it you can ask |
30 | Mainly because erm wires got crossed and er the 's Hall folks want us to go again to do exchange at the end of November , and Well we 'll discuss it a little bit further . |