Example sentences of "[art] little [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 31 | You look a little shaken . |
| 32 | I 'm just a little shaken up . ’ |
| 33 | Speechless , and more than a little shaken , Paige returned to where she had left her things . |
| 34 | The often surprising results of the January Old Master drawing sales in New York revealed that it is just as easy to overspend on a drawing as it is on a painting , and conversely , that despite high prices for a few grand names , drawings still remain a little understood and modestly priced field . |
| 35 | Musical intelligence , particularly as it is manifest in the creation and manipulation of musical symbols in improvised musics , is a little understood field . |
| 36 | It may all look a little complicated at first , but camcorders are quite simple things to use if you tackle the job in an orderly fashion . |
| 37 | Unhealthy gums are a little swollen , red looking and bleed when you brush them . |
| 38 | Since Dorothy 's accident , however , things had been a little strained . |
| 39 | Both King and Prime Minister were becoming a little strained . |
| 40 | Her voice sounded a little strained , but only Portia caught the odd pitying look she gave Katherine as the girl rushed towards the salon . |
| 41 | My example may seem a little strained and artificial , but it is , I submit a more realistic representation of the process of sedimentation ( in the sense of accumulation ) than the " gentle rain from heaven " tacitly accepted by most of us . |
| 42 | His voice sounded a little strained . |
| 43 | The mid seems a little biased towards the upper part of the frequency band and at low level that also adds bite to the top end , creating a good , solid midrange tone . |
| 44 | I may be a little biased about this one , but I now consider it to be of a very high standard . |
| 45 | Vienna Dear Fräulein Arandt , I am deeply distressed , and also not a little irritated , by the direction events have taken in our correspondence . |
| 46 | Dmitri , typing letters of thanks for the Freud books sent by American friends , was a little irritated to be interrupted . |
| 47 | Constance was getting a little irritated with her friend . |
| 48 | Ben continued to gaze at Cassie in abject amazement and she began to feel a little irritated . |
| 49 | As for himself , he was sorry she was upset — and also , if he was honest , a little irritated too , because the crisis had wrecked his plans for the morning . |
| 50 | Walking is cheaper , ’ she said , a little irritated that he had n't got the message . |
| 51 | ‘ Indeed , ’ he agreed , seeming a little irritated by her interruption , as if , as when he was giving a lecture , he preferred to hold the floor . |
| 52 | I think she is a little irritated at needing to be worried . |
| 53 | MR TOSHIKI KAIFU , Japan 's prime minister , may still be a little wet behind the ears but , not for the first time , he has confounded his more experienced rivals . |
| 54 | a little wet behind the ears . |
| 55 | Elizabeth Mowbray was baffled by the girl 's refusal to see the matter in its true light and more than a little troubled by what she was beginning to see as something other than a passing infatuation . |
| 56 | Most of my informants retained very happy memories of the atmosphere of the composing-room , possibly a little coloured by the passage of time ; but there does seem to have been a good deal of good humour and fun . |
| 57 | One admits to getting a little fed up with Mr Morton 's tendency to gloss over Eurotunnel 's problems , insisting that almost whatever happens it will all come right in the end . |
| 58 | After throwing stones in the water for nearly half an hour , listening to the different sounds and seeing who could throw the farthest , Endill began to feel a little fed up . |
| 59 | Praps they were just getting a little fed up of Wilko selling players for nothing when he decided he did nt want them any more ? |
| 60 | She felt tired and a little fed up . |