Example sentences of "to have a little " in BNC.
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| 1 | She hopes ( ‘ in a money sense ’ ) that he will ‘ get the Civil Service post : Nice to have a little money to spare above the necessaries of life . ’ |
| 2 | From café to museum , from shopping mall to concert hall , Nuremberg seems to have a little of everything , and a whole way of life ! |
| 3 | London ! ’ cried Victoria every time the train , a slow , halting , bucolic train , drew to a standstill , either at a drowsy country station where cow parsley foamed along the line or simply nowhere , among the fields , to have a little rest . |
| 4 | Jesus is calling his disciples to have a little faith . |
| 5 | It 's simply calling us to have a little faith . |
| 6 | I think they were glad to have a little time to themselves . |
| 7 | Leave him alone to have a little sleep . |
| 8 | The tea tasted horrible but at least it gave me the chance to have a little think . |
| 9 | Do n't shout at me ; it gives a ghost a fright I 've only come to have a little chat I do not think we 've met . |
| 10 | ‘ Anyway , I want us to have a little talk now . |
| 11 | ‘ Gone to have a little chat with a friend , has she , son ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ You 're going to have a little baby brother , Martha , ’ her mother told her one day . |
| 13 | ‘ I 've been too busy to take him out all day , and I do like him to have a little outing . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Try to have a little patience , Miriam , ’ he said . |
| 15 | ‘ Try to have a little patience and understanding , ’ he said softly . |
| 16 | ‘ To have a little talk |
| 17 | It will be something of a surprise to cricket lovers in the ‘ Strong Country ’ if Mark Nicholas 's team does n't go close again in either the Benson and Hedges or the NatWest , and the advice is to have a little saver on both eventualities ( 20–1 with Surrey for the Benson & Hedges and 14–1 with Chandler for the NatWest ) . |
| 18 | When Mrs Carson had left , Ruth suggested , ‘ I think you ought to have a little nap , Anna . |
| 19 | In my final year the same group decided to have a little flutter on the Derby . |
| 20 | Able to have a little holiday and all that . |
| 21 | Sit down , my dear , I 'd like to have a little chat with you . |
| 22 | If he brought her any more , then they would have to have a little talk . |
| 23 | ‘ Matron has asked me to have a little talk to you about your temporary position as a special nurse in Marcus Ward . |
| 24 | You have to have a little bit of presence about you ; and that 's what made me here . |
| 25 | Er and they ought to have a little shelter over it to stop your saddle getting wet if it rains . |
| 26 | suddenly thought you still got to have a little holdall membership forms in it , have n't you ? |
| 27 | It was the fashion at that time for rich people to have a little black page , dressed up in silks and satins and riding on the step of their carriage . |
| 28 | That 's right , yes it should , erm , these , these are n't completed , but even so the ones that we , we , I have done that too I 've opened out , having performed them , you still need to have a little bit of an idea |
| 29 | It 's blood that 's being lost at a high rate , it 's dangerous whatever ver vessel it 's coming from , so you will stop it by pad , pressure and elevation , you will attempt to reduce the loss of blood and assist the formation of a clot , once you 've assisted in the formation of a clot , by putting the pad on it , would it be sensible to have a little peak to see how it 's doing ? |
| 30 | So I suppose you 've got to have a little bit of a thick skin . … . ’ |