Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] a little " in BNC.
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| 1 | Futures dealers were carried away a little first thing , bidding the contract for June settlement up to 2680 — a 110-point premium to the cash market . |
| 2 | Er , but that assertion needs to be examined just a little more closely because the British government are not without blame in relation to this matter , er the issues er affecting these forthcoming elections should have been resolved at the Edinburgh summit during the presidency of the British government . |
| 3 | Meredith , bearing in mind Harriet 's warning that this horse might kick , prudently moved away a little . |
| 4 | ‘ I should have thought , ’ said Charlotte , trapped into genuine interest and speculation , ‘ that they 'd have built just a little further from the river . |
| 5 | Though they were made just a little lower than the angels , they were stamped with God 's character , bearing his image and divine likeness . |
| 6 | If only they had possessed just a little more of that rare commodity , plus the assistance of a blind man with an abacus , it might not have taken both channels until 1.30 in the morning to start predicting an absolute majority for Mr Major . |
| 7 | For example , as the stick is moved forwards a little , the eyes see the nose of the glider moving down , and the brain expects the sensation and understands what is happening . |
| 8 | Well erm it 's a combination of both those factors er as I 've mentioned at the outset the development programme has moved ahead a little more slowly than we would wish , the main reasons for this were associated firstly with the delay in selecting equipment er and that took longer than our contractor ha had imagined . |
| 9 | When Annie signalled to take the motorway exit just below Kendal , Ellwood had pushed forward a little , leaving only three vehicles between them at the intersection . |
| 10 | Well absolutely , I mean we 've got together a little earlier this year to make sure we did n't have the same problem as last year , and obviously that 's a good thing to get all the problems out of the way so early and so we can all plan ahead for next year without facing any problems that , you know , just before the season starts like we did this year , so altogether a good thing , yes . |
| 11 | Abolished just a little over a century ago , it merits just a short paragraph in many school textbooks . |
| 12 | The door was opened just a little and a voice from inside asked , ‘ Is that you , Poole ? ’ |
| 13 | He pulled out a handkerchief and , kneeling , gently wiped away a little of the mud from the pale , marble face . |
| 14 | Deddington is indeed a failed town which was founded probably a little before 1190 presumably because of its situation at the junction of what by then were important routes . |
| 15 | But when she 'd arrived the boat had been deserted and , as darkness had gradually obscured first the surrounding countryside and then the outlines of neighbouring boats , none of them showing any lights , she had become just a little anxious . |
| 16 | She was awfully fond of her husband , of course , but there was no denying that their own lovemaking had become just a little predictable . |
| 17 | Surely even the most stalwart art lover must have trembled just a little when , earlier this summer , in conjunction with the four exhibitions organised by the Whitechapel Gallery ( featuring 200-odd works ) and over 900 artists — 58 groups in 53 locations — opened their studios to the public . |
| 18 | It is set apart a little from Barnham Junction , where the trains for Bognor Regis leave the main line and around which has grown an early suburbia on the flat lands near the sea . |
| 19 | We are gathered here a little before Christmas to perform our annual fishing industry pre-ministerial Council season 's service — that litany of woe from every corner of the kingdom — telling of sad tidings of discomfort and no joy in the industry . |
| 20 | TREVOR FRANCIS 'S celebration can of Coke must have tasted just a little sweeter last night . |
| 21 | He was able to live quite comfortably from the fruits of his labours but he had always wanted just a little more land . |
| 22 | " Amabel , there 'll be nobody in Frizingley to touch you , " said John-William Dallam , sitting down rather heavily since he had run upstairs a little too quickly at her call and did not want her to see how easily , these days , he could lose his breath . |
| 23 | Bees clamber into its throat and sip a nectar so intoxicating that after they have taken only a little they begin to stagger about . |
| 24 | Promoted just a little too quickly in my opinion . ’ |
| 25 | The flamboyant impulsive talkative Celts of Ireland 's Iron Age may , in their enthusiasm , have put just a little too much emphasis on quantity rather than quality when it came to liquid refreshments . |
| 26 | He had left home a little before eight , having put a cup of tea on the bedside table next to Lyn , walked through the village and climbed the fell . |
| 27 | Suppose I had put aside a little , even a little , of that money , for myself , what would I have now ? |
| 28 | His head had fallen forward a little and his face was in shadow . |
| 29 | He dug a hole , but he had dug only a little of it when Frith came over the hill alone . |
| 30 | The sun had already lost its warmth and the light had faded just a little , giving the empty farmhouse and its ramshackle outbuildings a forlorn look . |