Example sentences of "quite a little " in BNC.

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1 local , quite a little way from the hospital .
2 Then back to the shop , with Lucy now taking the money from her pinafore pocket where it had been tied in her handkerchief , and paying for the corn ; to go on her way feeling quite a little woman of the world .
3 Quite a little aquarium it was .
4 They made quite a little group at train call .
5 Of course I called her Mum , but it took me quite a little while to accept her as my mother .
6 Quite a little cracker in her day , she must have been in her late thirties now .
7 I was quite stunned , because in the beginning I was struggling with it — all those regions around top A — and in the end , in Resurrection , I got up to a D above that , without going into falsetto , which was quite a little crusade for me .
8 Some had been coming for a year or more and spoke quite a little English .
9 By the end of that summer I moved into this house in Lonsdale Road , Notting Hill , which was quite a little centre .
10 Marguerite stayed too , and the whole thing proved to be quite a little occasion .
11 ‘ Yes , we had quite a little chat about the place .
12 Shit it must be quite a little thing if it can only hear your voice .
13 That 's quite a little gadget is n't it ?
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