Example sentences of "i [was/were] a little [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I confess I was a little shaken by my playmate 's tone . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I really enjoyed the day , and I was a little put out by the articles I read in a couple of daily newspapers throughout the week , which criticised the tournament for staging what they called ‘ just a one-woman show ’ . |
| 4 | I recall I was a little taken aback when Miss Kenton opened the door and entered before I had bidden her to do so . |
| 5 | I settled down to wait in the passageway between the garage and the house where I was a little protected from the inclemency of the weather and whence I was eventually plucked by the constabulary . |
| 6 | ‘ , ‘ Probably I was a little overwrought , but I 've weathered the crisis now … |