Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [pron] a little " in BNC.
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| 31 | He showed me a little thing , the size of a hazelnut , in the palm of my hand , and it was as round as a ball . |
| 32 | He allowed himself a little smile , which vanished from his face when he felt the car slowing , and glimpsed through the misted window the place the facilitator had brought him to . |
| 33 | As for playing the Manson , well , it took me a little time to get into it . |
| 34 | It took me a little while to recover form the experience . |
| 35 | It took them a little while to pluck up courage to go along and when they did , they chose the Norfolk Gliding Club at Longstratton near Norwich . |
| 36 | It took him a little while , but he got it fixed in the end , then held out his dummy hand for the gun . |
| 37 | And er , it took us a little time to do that but and it was alright , but , well , but she bought us doughnut in company . |
| 38 | He gave her a little shake . |
| 39 | ‘ What , Hilary ? ’ he grated roughly as he gave her a little shake . |
| 40 | He gave her a little push in the small of her back towards a lean black Ferrari . |
| 41 | He gave her a little shake . |
| 42 | I 'd go for it if I were you , ’ he said , and he gave me a little peck on the cheek . |
| 43 | And he gave me a little master glass in cinema acting which I 've never forgotten |
| 44 | She put the onus quite honestly straight back on to parents , er it reminded me a little bit like er of the furore that she created about you know there are so many people being mugged , well is n't it their own fault that they go into dark places . |
| 45 | it stopped it dead in its track , yeah , could n't get to rewire it after it though it snapped it a little bit . |