Example sentences of "just [vb infin] a little [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Erm , as I said it was n't me that phoned originally , my guess is that there may be somebody else at the school who is trying to contact you , but while you 're on the line , let's just make a little let's just make a little date .
2 Well he 's gone on seven days of the week complaining about so and so we 'll just narrow that down to one article about his his complaint that they may just make a little note he 's complained seven times about this !
3 Let's just analyze a little bit what was difficult .
4 Well I 'll just do a little trick .
5 There 's only so much that anybody 's brain can handle at any one time so let's just do a little experiment because there was a chap called George Miller an American psychologist who worked on this idea of what is the capacity of the brain , how many bits of information can the brain hold on to at any given time .
6 ‘ If each of them can just improve a little bit in 10 ways , the team will improve in a hundred ways and that 's not asking a lot of them . ’
7 ‘ George , would you just tighten a little bit please .
8 I can just see a little haddock at home , receiving a phone call saying he 's won a prize .
9 Right who 's got any well if you could just move a little bit closer .
10 You also mention within your document the N H S. Well , let's just have a little word about the N H S. Let's talk about the dedic dedicated staff working in the N H S who have nothing to gain and everything to lose .
11 Let's just have a little look .
12 ‘ I 'm staying at Dalian Atkinson 's house tonight and I might just have a little drink or two — hopefully he will be paying .
13 I think perhaps I 'll just have a little bit of water I 'm very thirsty , I know I have n't
14 We 'll wander round , I mean let's to know that we can sort of just have a little walk as it were .
15 I think if you 'll excuse me I 'll just take a little nap .
16 Let's just walk a little bit faster , girls !
17 Oh actually sorry , if I could just add a little bit to that .
18 I 'll just put a little bit wispy in the back because when I was in Hans ' class , the best triangle I ever did was lovely , really pleased with it and it collapsed did n't it ?
19 I do n't need to copy it down when initially build it but er I might just put a little bit of extra work in I can make so and can copy it down .
20 If they get a bit tetchy and and they 're crying a lot maybe cos they 're teething you could just massage a little bit on their temples .
21 Now erm , tt could you just talk a little bit just about your you know y your background as a child ?
22 Erm , I think since we 've got some new people here , I 'll , I 'll perhaps just say a little bit about the group shall I , just to explain how we operate and erm and also how this meeting is going to operate erm .
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