Example sentences of "i [vb past] a little " in BNC.

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1 With these words ringing in my ear I became a little girl again — hurt , angry and rejected .
2 I made a little hole , and when I reached orgasm the earth made some very heady smells — of flowers and rosemary . ’
3 No-one else in our aircraft appeared to be the least bit concerned , but my relief as we finally drew near the coast of England again and then began our descent to the safety of solid earth was so great that I made a little promise to myself that I would never again set foot in an aeroplane , so long as I could be permitted to survive this one trip .
4 I think I made a little note .
5 Look ee I made a little one !
6 Well I planned a little bit but even if I plan I still ca n't write it .
7 I got a little work-bench in there , and me stores of sprays and weed-killers and potting compost .
8 I I I got a little bit involved in that a few years ago , when I was working on it , having had some scepticism before-hand .
9 That 's right , it 's just that I worked , I think , yesterday I could n't get into erm , I just could n't get into and yesterday I must admit I felt really rough and erm , I thought at three o'clock I was going to have to ring Iris , cos I knew you were still out you see and at three o'clock I thought I was going to have to ring Iris er just to come in cos I ca n't like your head was my stomach was churning over , it was n't till , soon as I get some food in front of me oh I get , you see I did n't feel too cracking in the morning and I thought well there 's lots of stomach bugs going about and I thought well I 'm having one of them , and I did n't know what I fancied for lunch and I cooked the kiddies theirs , they had fish and what have you , and erm , I thought well what can I have , I thought I what , I thought I got a little tin of salmon there , so I thought right I 'll have a salmon sandwich and I had that and believe me I felt , by three o'clock I could see myself picking me up off the floor , I only got spots before my eyes as such , but , I just had , I had four , five cups of water , I did n't drink any tea , and I wish then , well I do n't know whether I could have felt any worse when I had the sandwich or not to be honest .
10 I got a little purse !
11 I got a little bit of dinner , dinner there now
12 I tried a little name-dropping : ‘ Do you , by any chance , know my friend Solly Zuckerman ? ’
13 In Petts Wood I found a little space like that to park in .
14 I found a little bit of string choking on the upper three frets and on inspection , found there to be a slight bow to the neck .
15 After a time , I found a little cave in the side of a hill .
16 One day I found a little bag .
17 Well , I found a little room for you — attic , I 'm afraid , hope you do n't mind- and I 've put everything up there .
18 Which I found a little bit surprising .
19 This girl who 's hair I do erm her little girl , Karla cor she 's if I found a little girl to look like her , I 'd have one !
20 The bushes , you know , so I , I moved a little bit of it , it 's got .
21 I built a little village downstream from the dam , complete with roads and a bridge over the remnant of the burn , and a church .
22 I hummed a little tune , even as the ghosts gathered round me , silent and threatening .
23 and what we 've got to do is er er as I said to Ed a little while ago , I mentioned a little while ago , we need to gather the other thin section
24 If ever I told a little lie , my father [ Sir Michael Havers , former Attorney General ] could tell just like that .
25 I learnt something about myself , I learnt a little bit about how members of the class view me , certain physical characteristics which are habits which I try to stop .
26 And er but it was only about half past five I did n't I never stopped till the I just kept going now tha well about half past four , I started to pack up and I realized my sandwiches were still in my snack box so I I 'd I 'd had one one earlier on whilst I was still working but yes the lady there she made us a couple of cups in the morning , er cu cup of coffee , I think about what yeah about half ten time but the time I painted a little bit and I thought oh I 'll stop and have a fag , with my coffee and I had a cup of tea later on in the afternoon but er I did n't stop , I kept going , you know and then course by time I got to my drink , it was cold it was cool , so you drink it straight down
27 Oh I 'd a little workshop and used to make stuff .
28 For Dawn 's first solo flight I played a little trick on her .
29 I played a little bit of it back last night to listen how it , and it 's brilliant the way the picks things up !
30 And we we discussed the the difference between anxiety and arousal and how we can turn our anxiety into arousal to ensure performance and I plotted a little graph if you remember .
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