Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [verb] a little " in BNC.
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| 1 | Luckily I had a little book in my pocket called Anaesthetics For Medical Students . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've been here before so I know a little bit . |
| 3 | So I needed a little treatment : ‘ belt and braces ’ . |
| 4 | So i did a little bit of here and there in Rhos-y-Bol , relieving different places after after retired really for a couple of years . |
| 5 | So she had a little book and she wrote some words in English and some in Arabic the |
| 6 | So you see a little article |
| 7 | " Perhaps we need a little jazz , Auguste , " he said , winding the mechanism vigorously . |
| 8 | Do n't so we use a little star on the atom , and it may not always be carbon , cos we do n't get this sort of isomerism , indeed , like compounds as well . |
| 9 | Then met up with Carl and about ten other people so we had a little , a little erm convoy . |
| 10 | so , with the best will in the world it 's going to be six months so let's so we need a little of breathing space |
| 11 | So we do a little thing like this . |
| 12 | Perhaps they need a little Radio tuned in to Norman out at that far post ! |
| 13 | So they look a little bit different . |
| 14 | " Well , " Graham said slowly , deciding he had better say something nice , " it 's good , but perhaps it needs a little work . " |
| 15 | Well he s all he made a little contract out himself , you know that 's what he did , after he he 'd put these new tables in the mill . |
| 16 | So he forms a little investment company , B , and exchanges his shares in A for shares in B. No capital gains tax at that stage . |
| 17 | Somehow I find a little peace of mind knowing that I 'm in the one place in the world where I once knew true happiness . ’ |
| 18 | Normally I have a little conflab do you ? |
| 19 | forgotten all about it , anyway she found a little dent apparently our Laura said that 's just as bad as finding lumps . |
| 20 | Unconsciously she gave a little sigh . |
| 21 | Unconsciously she gave a little shiver . |
| 22 | ‘ Lately she seems a little low in spirits . ’ |
| 23 | Soon she saw a little glass box near her on the floor . |
| 24 | Tonight we had a little concert from a first-class military band . |
| 25 | Besides she had a little money of her own . |
| 26 | If ever I told a little lie , my father [ Sir Michael Havers , former Attorney General ] could tell just like that . |
| 27 | When they came nearer he did a little dancing step and curtsied low . |
| 28 | Now I think a little lie-down perhaps would be rather lovely . " |
| 29 | Now I needed a little sail from the ship , and then I was ready . |
| 30 | And what we do with the eyebrows , we do n't just use a pair of tweezers we actually use wax , so if you 've got quite a lot of hair underneath your brow , we never take from above the brow , just below , if you 've got quite a lot of hair , it can be painful if you 're just using tweezers , so what we do now we use a little bit of hot wax , which is pink , so we put some wax under the brow , either side , let the wax erm , cool and set , and then pull the wax off . |