Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [vb past] [pron] a little " in BNC.
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| 1 | I pretended it was Annie 's hair we was putting on the tree , and I called her a little angel , but she got upset about that , so I stopped . |
| 2 | He began to nibble the lobe of her ear and seemed lost for a moment until she gave him a little shake to encourage him to go on and explain . |
| 3 | She saw Margaret waiting for her outside her house and she gave her a little wave . |
| 4 | And then when the sc , we had a look at the script and we changed it a little bit , and then we all went , they were cutting out words , so we were doing , the first few all three ways , and we 'd look and say , okay , so it was a scrambled mess as we all looked through for three words and ended up with , and I got down on the floor , so we knew where we were . |
| 5 | One gave her a gold ring and one gave her a little dog . |
| 6 | ‘ I thought he was laughing at me , that he did n't want to see me , but then he stopped me and he made me a little bow , just like a real gentleman , and gave me a present , as if he did care . |
| 7 | I 'd go for it if I were you , ’ he said , and he gave me a little peck on the cheek . |
| 8 | And he gave me a little master glass in cinema acting which I 've never forgotten |
| 9 | He said : ‘ The van was not there at 6pm but I noticed it a little bit later . |
| 10 | I want to have you about the house because I brought you a little souvenir from New York , only it may take a while to get it out of my suitcase . |
| 11 | I say ‘ solitary c. ’ because they gave me a little ward of my own , but it was anything but uncomfortable , as they gave me a treatment which ‘ private ward ’ patients in Britain might envy , except that the food of course was Chinese , and they insisted on giving me 5 meals a day , so that I had some trouble getting my appetite back to normal . |
| 12 | ‘ What , Hilary ? ’ he grated roughly as he gave her a little shake . |