Example sentences of "[was/were] a little [vb pp] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were a little discomfited by the request , but agreed to accede to it this once ; but when we realised that it was to be a regular arrangement , we knew that we should have to move again , for over and above the inconvenience of being put out of our room , we were sure that our landlady did not even change the sheets . |
| 2 | His association with these Hammersmith artists was a little resented by Elinor Moynihan who felt that , in comparison with the Soho painters , the Hammersmith set were artists with their claws pulled out . |
| 3 | He was a little shaken by the strain of the near accident but hoped concentrating on his new plan would help to calm him down . |
| 4 | I confess I was a little shaken by my playmate 's tone . |
| 5 | Jerome had listened , and was a little calmed by the tone . |
| 6 | Sternly , he told his body to behave itself , and his face reflected the power of his feelings , so that Sally-Anne , looking up at him , was a little daunted by his expression — goodness , was that the effect the prospect of playing a game of chess had on him ? — and resigned herself to a grim half-hour . |
| 7 | There is also evidence to suggest that Minton was a little embittered by Sylvester 's promotion of Bacon . |
| 8 | I was a little unsettled by the fury of the blizzard , and hugged the top of the ridge all the way along , but avoided taking in the top due west of Cairn Gorm in case I was blown off my feet . |