Example sentences of "[vb past] a little " in BNC.
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| 1 | A light breeze came off the sea and provided a little relief from the afternoon heat . |
| 2 | It made a welcome change from household chores and got her into contact with customers which provided a little gossip . |
| 3 | The Liberal Democrat spokesman on trade , industry and employment , Malcolm Bruce , attacked the Chancellor 's statement as a Budget of despair and disappointment which provided a little relief for the unemployed and nothing for those attempting to counter the effects of the recession . |
| 4 | This drew a little laughter from one or two shoppers who had gathered to listen to the exchange between the fishmonger and this well dressed and clearly foreign lady . |
| 5 | Out of it she drew a little distaff , much as we would draw out a pair of knitting needles . |
| 6 | Beside the line offering coffee , she drew a little cup and saucer . |
| 7 | When he woke up he found a little stain , which he thought must be a map of Ireland , on the sheet . |
| 8 | I found a little bit of string choking on the upper three frets and on inspection , found there to be a slight bow to the neck . |
| 9 | Then he found a little card under his pillow . |
| 10 | We walked into the Chapel and found a little dark untidy-haired man , a woman and child . |
| 11 | Wherever Defoe passed a house he found a little rill of running water . |
| 12 | The probation found a little stray dog called Benjy for me and I looked after him for a little while , but my money kept on going down and down and down . |
| 13 | After a time , I found a little cave in the side of a hill . |
| 14 | One day I found a little bag . |
| 15 | ‘ So he wandered the countryside for a long time , starving and having to beg for food , and sleeping in barns and under trees , and eventually he found a little town where all the beggars and old people he 'd had thrown out of the city had gone ; they were very poor , of course , but by all helping each other they had more than the merchant had . |
| 16 | Later on , though , we found a little bar on the edge of the port city , with acceptable food and drink . |
| 17 | Well , I found a little room for you — attic , I 'm afraid , hope you do n't mind- and I 've put everything up there . |
| 18 | Which I found a little bit surprising . |
| 19 | forgotten all about it , anyway she found a little dent apparently our Laura said that 's just as bad as finding lumps . |
| 20 | This girl who 's hair I do erm her little girl , Karla cor she 's if I found a little girl to look like her , I 'd have one ! |
| 21 | The bushes , you know , so I , I moved a little bit of it , it 's got . |
| 22 | The first time Clare caught a little girl hiding a rag doll up her knickers , she angrily threatened to call a policeman . |
| 23 | First , however , Mrs Browning rose , and gave the branch of wood a good push , making it spark into life ; then built a little edifice of twigs , and applied the bellows . |
| 24 | I built a little village downstream from the dam , complete with roads and a bridge over the remnant of the burn , and a church . |
| 25 | You built a little plan , that if I leave at ten past eight , I miss that traffic , or I , whatever it is that you do n't often plan till the holidays , but after a while it stopped being a decision making process . |
| 26 | and what we 've got to do is er er as I said to Ed a little while ago , I mentioned a little while ago , we need to gather the other thin section |
| 27 | Although when flying Mr Tholen does n't sport one of his famous carnations , artist Alfie Alderson used a little licence when he completed a watercolour of him flying his plane wearing a red carnation . |
| 28 | ‘ My dad says give us a kiss , ’ shouted a little boy at the first stop in Rhyl . |
| 29 | Having heard of his family 's desire for an heir , she fantasised a little as to whether his wife might be expecting again . |
| 30 | Stephan hummed a little tune and stirred his soup . |