Example sentences of "[be] [art] little [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm afraid we 're a little crowded in here , ’ he confided with a wry smile . |
| 2 | ALTHOUGH I welcome any move towards a more open society I am a little disturbed by the relentless way in which childhood is being forced to be politically correct . |
| 3 | I am a little lost . |
| 4 | I am a little stuck . |
| 5 | Intelligence Agency , if he had been twiddling his thumbs for a week , he might just have been a little determined himself . |
| 6 | It 's simply an activity which has been a little overestimated and is regarded as something of major importance . |
| 7 | Advice to young giant otters — try not to bleed while feeding on piranhas ; or has the reputation of the fish been a little overstated ? |
| 8 | Since Dorothy 's accident , however , things had been a little strained . |
| 9 | Had I just seen the DOS version , I 'd have been a little niggled about some of the design parameters , but very impressed at the functionality , with an overall favourable opinion . |
| 10 | So far as fire risks are concerned , this criticism has been a little overplayed and the Fire Research Station has stated categorically : |
| 11 | ‘ Perhaps we 've both been a little affected by the way things have gone . |
| 12 | Compared with her exuberant father and her uninhibited mother , Gran had been a little restrained . |
| 13 | Bradbury must have been a little miffed that the Sunday Press named the other linesman as the replacement . |
| 14 | She recalled that she had at the time been a little put out by the prince 's interest in Joan — but now the important thing was to persuade Joan to join in the festivities and bring her a first-hand report . |
| 15 | Okay , one or two of them are a little contrived , but they still make for a cracking package — all in one load too ! |
| 16 | Unhealthy gums are a little swollen , red looking and bleed when you brush them . |
| 17 | Other worthwhile routes , both easy and difficult , are listed at the end of each chapter — which might inspire some to venture off the beaten track or on to more technically exacting ascents , although some of the gradings are a little overdone . |
| 18 | Granted some of the images are a little sanitised , but the good intentions can be clearly read through the window dressing . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm a little disturbed with the news media , ’ he said . |
| 20 | The fact is , I feel as if ten years worry has been taken off my shoulders in the last ten minutes , and I 'm a little light-headed about it . ’ |
| 21 | I confess that I 'm a little taken aback that a proof is something that you ‘ do ’ : it seems to me you build it , construct it , devise it , or cobble it together . |
| 22 | I may be a little biased about this one , but I now consider it to be of a very high standard . |
| 23 | ‘ I 've called for Dr Meredith , but I understand he may be a little delayed . ’ |
| 24 | MR TOSHIKI KAIFU , Japan 's prime minister , may still be a little wet behind the ears but , not for the first time , he has confounded his more experienced rivals . |
| 25 | The 24-valve engine is appreciably noisier that its 12-valve predecessor and although it invariably sounds good , its insistence can be a little wearing . |
| 26 | You would have had to be superhuman not to be a little corrupted by the power she had . |
| 27 | ‘ I thought you might be a little pissed off with me , yes . ’ |
| 28 | If that was Leeds Id be a little pissed off , but only because Ive seen worse allowed . |
| 29 | Jonathan Rickford , British Telecom 's director of government relations , said in a telephone briefing from Washington , ‘ There has to be a little give and take … there 's no reason we ca n't resolve the whole thing . ’ |
| 30 | Even though we may say , ‘ Make yourself at home ’ , we might be a little taken aback if they took us at our word and kicked off their shoes , lounged around on the settee , helped themselves to our coffee , tea , larder and even our wine ! |