Example sentences of "[coord] be [adv] a little " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jill ( see front page ) is Lizzie 's second surviving daughter and is now a little over two years old . |
| 2 | Every morning and evening he came and my wing got better , though it still hurt and was just a little crooked . |
| 3 | His manner was kind but official , and I could see that for some reason Aunt Louise distrusted him and was even a little afraid of him . |
| 4 | Even though it must have been obvious that he would not hold to it at the last , the threat was enough to make Stormy Petrel veer again to her original course , and though she was trying to increase speed , and was perhaps a little more powerful than Sea Otter , we , on our straight line , could hold her comfortably . |
| 5 | Tawney , on the occasion of the celebrations of the District 's twenty-first anniversary in June 1934 , perceptively recognised that the District ‘ … was only at the beginning of their task … ’ but was perhaps a little wide of the mark in claiming that the ‘ … |
| 6 | Anyway , Des looked stunning as ever tonight , handled by former army pal Dave Forster , but was still a little , um , unpredictable . |