Example sentences of "have a little [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm new version of the Spoken Cor Corpus Consent Form that has a little space for tape numbers . |
| 2 | Rather to her disappointment , Giles replied , and when she gave him the news about Yvette she added cautiously , ‘ Mind you , she still has a little way to go yet , but I think she 'll be OK . ’ |
| 3 | Most parents graduate to giving one warning after the initial command so that the child has a little time in which to respond but parents need to be very careful that they do n't lapse into nagging to get the child to comply again . |
| 4 | With Serafin back in Oxford and Mrs Padmore hard at work on the tapes he has a little time on his hands . |
| 5 | " Yes , I 've had a little difficulty these last two mornings . |
| 6 | I have had a little difficulty with it . |
| 7 | ‘ I 've had a little help from Barry Humphries in this , and I hope I 've paid him due credit , thought he did start that nasty rumour that he was me or I was him . |
| 8 | Maradona scored against England in 1986 , accused of handling the ball he claimed to have had a little help from high places ( see remote control and questionable decisions ) . |
| 9 | You could n't let me have a little milk ? |
| 10 | ‘ We could be here for hours , ’ said Wilson , into whose tired brain had crept the thought that they could just sit down and have a little sleep until they were found . |
| 11 | Now , just let's have a little help here , because you wo n't have this graph with you all the time will you ? |
| 12 | On the Saturdays I would scrub the kitchen floor , black and polish the kitchen grate , and polish the knives , so that my mother could have a little rest on her return from several hours cleaning , sometimes having to walk at least a mile to her regular place of work . |
| 13 | Carol had quite enough to do with her own job and all her own shopping without preparing meals as well and she hoped she would have a little rest after Christmas , now that people took time off in lots of offices until after the New Year . |
| 14 | I 'm gon na have a little rest from this in when I 've done this |
| 15 | Right , I 'll have a little rest before I turn the T V off . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'd hoped , too , they might have a little peace , ’ he added more pointedly . |
| 17 | I did have a little thought last night that maybe he is not expecting much this year but looking to get us on an even keel for an attempt next year on the title ( with maybe another central defender ) . |
| 18 | I can see that I may have a little difficulty explaining this first part of my story , especially to anyone not acquainted with the often bizarre rituals of academic life . |
| 19 | A lioness , having caught a gazelle , may not kill it but drag it back alive to her cubs and give it to them so that , crippled though it is , the cubs may have a little practice in how to bring it down . |
| 20 | Erm so right , if you get something then where you 're integrating I 'd like to sort of have a little practice this week of Have you done much practice of differentiating a product ? |
| 21 | But I think we might have a little time to ourselves now , and be d — d to anyone who says we have n't both earned it ! |
| 22 | ‘ Can I have a little time to think it over ? ’ |
| 23 | The basic shape is very easy to make , but if you do have a little time you might want to give the dragon more elaborate scales . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm having a little rest after all the hard work . |
| 25 | Miss Mates had said not to dawdle , but surely she would n't mind McAllister having a little rest and a long , cool drink ? |
| 26 | Tolby was having a little difficulty with his breathing . |
| 27 | The ones I 've got at the moment are having a little difficulty in working things out , one does n't realise that it 's not best to try to head the ball back to the goalie when there 's a man breathing down the back of his neck , the other has n't been able to find his brain and the oldest one of the lot is always injured . |
| 28 | Ben 's having a little sleep darling . |
| 29 | ‘ As long as you do n't mind me having a little smoke ? ’ |
| 30 | 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 . ’ |