Example sentences of "[to-vb] [art] little " in BNC.
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| 1 | You must wipe away the blood with the damp cloth , like this , and help him to drink a little water . |
| 2 | I said I 'd like to walk a little way with Bill Lawrence when he left . |
| 3 | But arrivals follow departures and the new appears very promising — even if you have to wait a little time for it . |
| 4 | Before I leave , I stop by Contracts to sprinkle a little salt in the wounds of deskbound Nick Thumb by describing ( almost ) all the fun of the Fair . |
| 5 | Receiving a copy of the AGM Minutes from the Branch prompts Air Mail to give a little space to describe the activities and efforts being made by the Branch Committee , a committee which has been virtually unchanged since the Branch was re-activated six years ago . |
| 6 | At the root of the problem , according to one European civil servant , was the fact that : " The poor countries wanted a lot of money with no strings attached , while the rich ones wanted to give a little money with lots of strings . " |
| 7 | May I please ask you to give a little time to thinking how best you personally can assist the Society to raise enough funds before the end of this year to complete our Development Plan for 1988 ? |
| 8 | The simplest explanation was that Maxham was getting nowhere with the Newley case ; and he 'd sent Viol along on the off chance , to put a little pressure on Lorton and see what happened . |
| 9 | Anemones tend to dribble a little water from their centres if you press them . |
| 10 | In 1958 we had managed , largely through contact at the village pub , to persuade the tenant of the field to the east to allow us to do a little work . |
| 11 | So it was easy to look frightened and to run a little way . |
| 12 | It sometimes helps , once the ball valve has been fitted , to run a little water into the bottom of the cistern ( below the outlet points ) so as to anchor the cistern in position while you work on it . |
| 13 | ‘ When a black kid does see a black athlete , such as myself , a role model if you like , that might be enough to spark a little interest and I thank that the more blacks that you see in tennis , it will promote black tennis further . ’ |
| 14 | Nicandra looked disconcerted and prim before a great light of kindness broke , telling her to spread a little happiness at any cost to herself . |
| 15 | I would ask everyone involved in the game to allow a little time for these changes to settle in both with players and referees . |
| 16 | The best thing would probably be just to walk around to keep warm and then to snatch a little rest in a doorway somewhere if need be . |
| 17 | She hopes ( ‘ in a money sense ’ ) that he will ‘ get the Civil Service post : Nice to have a little money to spare above the necessaries of life . ’ |
| 18 | From café to museum , from shopping mall to concert hall , Nuremberg seems to have a little of everything , and a whole way of life ! |
| 19 | London ! ’ cried Victoria every time the train , a slow , halting , bucolic train , drew to a standstill , either at a drowsy country station where cow parsley foamed along the line or simply nowhere , among the fields , to have a little rest . |
| 20 | Jesus is calling his disciples to have a little faith . |
| 21 | It 's simply calling us to have a little faith . |
| 22 | I think they were glad to have a little time to themselves . |
| 23 | Leave him alone to have a little sleep . |
| 24 | I just feel a game of this genre needs a quota of well-hidden rooms to add a little interest . |
| 25 | I used a textured cream fabric as a backing , to add a little interest , although if it had been too heavy it would have distracted one 's eye from the heart pattern itself . |
| 26 | She pinched her cheeks quickly to add a little colour , and straightened the skirt of her plum-coloured sweater-dress before squaring her slim shoulders and resuming her descent . |
| 27 | But you 've got to pay a little of money . |
| 28 | Obviously you can not know in advance which type of mat will be used at a particular tournament , so you should do your final training on any type of mat , just to get used to the feel , and then try to use any free time you may have on the actual competition areas to get a little practice in beforehand . |
| 29 | She is also on the books of Premier model agency , ‘ to get a little money til I find a proper job ’ . |
| 30 | I 'd like to get a little sleep tonight . ’ |