Example sentences of "i [verb] a little [noun sg] " 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 | 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 . |
3 | I made a little hole , and when I reached orgasm the earth made some very heady smells — of flowers and rosemary . ’ |
4 | I think I made a little note . |
5 | I mean a little elephant brooch or something . |
6 | Well I planned a little bit but even if I plan I still ca n't write it . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | I got a little bit of dinner , dinner there now |
9 | I got a little work-bench in there , and me stores of sprays and weed-killers and potting compost . |
10 | I got a little purse ! |
11 | 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 . |
12 | I tried a little name-dropping : ‘ Do you , by any chance , know my friend Solly Zuckerman ? ’ |
13 | ‘ I am not quite the Hochhauser rapist I am made out to be , but I expect a little peck , just here , on the cheek . ’ |
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 | Which I found a little bit surprising . |
16 | 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 ! |
17 | After a time , I found a little cave in the side of a hill . |
18 | One day I found a little bag . |
19 | 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 . |
20 | The bushes , you know , so I , I moved a little bit of it , it 's got . |
21 | If I say a little bit about Moat er , we are a registered housing association who are obviously monitored by the housing corporation responsible to a committee of management . |
22 | You do a little bit of input well I say a little bit , you do some input , practice and participation then build on that , okay ? |
23 | I built a little village downstream from the dam , complete with roads and a bridge over the remnant of the burn , and a church . |
24 | I hummed a little tune , even as the ghosts gathered round me , silent and threatening . |
25 | I want a little toilet roll to fit in that . |
26 | So in other words he comes round and he says I I do n't want that there I want a little bit put there |
27 | I want a little loaf . |
28 | I say , I want a little loaf . |
29 | I want a little information , ’ said the Doctor . |
30 | I want a little thing to crack into . |