Example sentences of "[pron] could [verb] a little [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could do a little costing exercise for them . |
| 2 | well I could put a little sticker on Clare 's had n't I ? |
| 3 | True , I take your point , I mean I , perhaps I could dig a little bit deeper and find out what the Dickens is going on , you know ! |
| 4 | Oh look I could get a little cake . |
| 5 | Erm , if somebody could spend a little bit of time with Ilias because we 've got this language problem and I know that he 's found this a little bit difficult , I think he would appreciate it tonight , when you get together please . |
| 6 | All she wanted was not to know again , so that she could stay a little child and never have to grow up and face the world without her mother to wake her in the mornings and teach her things and tell her stories and pass on all her wisdom about the world and men and how babies came and why the best any woman could hope for in this life was to be able to make one man happy . |
| 7 | But she could speak a little Russian . |
| 8 | Perhaps she could have a little porch built over the side door and a bit could be cut off Lizzie 's kitchen to make a small hall . |
| 9 | ‘ She could write a little essay on any subject , exactly a slate long , beginning at the left-hand top of one side and ending at the right-hand bottom of the other , and the essay should be strictly according to rule . ’ |
| 10 | That way she could buy a little warmth and cheer for Christmas and how would he ever know that she had lied ? |
| 11 | ‘ Maybe you could manage a little bit of bread and butter ? ’ said Mrs Hollidaye , cutting and spreading a small slice . |
| 12 | You could ma , you could , you could get something like or erm a pudding bowl , then you could make a little baby canoe out of tin foil |
| 13 | ‘ Perhaps if you could learn a little tolerance . |
| 14 | ‘ Perhaps you could have a little party on the big day , ’ said Margaret brightly . |
| 15 | You could see a little bit but not much . |
| 16 | You 're a nice kid , nice looking kid — you could lose a little weight maybe — but you 're no great beauty , are you ? ’ |
| 17 | Erm but if you ca n't sleep you could put a little bit on a hankie on your pillow or rub a little bit on your chest , and it 'll help to erm make you sleep . |
| 18 | I mean you could go out , and you could put a little bit of money in the building society , or the bank , or you could have a gamble on the Stock Exchange , but we have two advantages . |
| 19 | Or you could put a little gunnysack full of food on a big boom , and you could control their speed by the way you would swing it . ’ |
| 20 | They could have a little roundabout they 're going to have there . |
| 21 | she were gon na look at that place at er Audrey 's brother 's got it same as Walter 's , er second hand stuff to see if they could get a little bit of something , start him off , like , you know |
| 22 | it could take a little while . |
| 23 | They became lovers , but Valerie did n't know that Sanquest regarded her as a mere plaything — someone he could have a little fun with ; someone he could display before his friends as his latest conquest . |