Example sentences of "have [verb] a [adj] little [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd made a super little dart across the line of Forest defenders . |
| 2 | yeah well as long as we get to school for half past , I mean but she 'd got a nice little cauliflower and , I think she 'd got a carton some sort of . |
| 3 | She 'd got a pathetic little bit in the Post Office — she helped us all out from time to time — but not enough to set up anywhere . |
| 4 | It would have made a compact little home except it was painted dark brown like the corridors . |
| 5 | The segments of lemon embedded in clear apple jelly must have made a ravishing little dessert dish : |
| 6 | You 've given a goodly little pile here . |
| 7 | Since her social life in Northam did not exist outside school , she had no evening clothes , and had had nothing resembling a party dress since the age of six , when she had possessed a fetching little garment of pink satin . |
| 8 | Zoe had written a neat little note on each . |
| 9 | It had been a Church of Ireland rectory once , where some forgotten incumbent , a keen hunting man , had built a delightful little yard , adjoining the house and with every horsebox looking into the sun ; with a hundred acres of good limestone land , the place was just the thing for Andrew and his horse-dealing . |
| 10 | Er , you 've got a nasty little streak |
| 11 | fold bandage and if you want , pack it away like that , you bring the end in the centre , there , so and again the ends in to the centre , just so that they meet like this , like this the centre , just so that they meet there , again , start like this , ends just to meet in the centre do n't overlap them too much and again bend into the centre and you 've got a nice little pad , if you ever need a pad for plonking on a wound quickly , there you 've got a pad , or putting against an ear or anything you want it for and you open it up quickly and you 've got a bandage , two of those and you 've got a |
| 12 | There was a little exhibition called The Nude and basically they 've got a nice little Picture Gallery there with sort of various things in , but they also had some lovely anatomy books beside it and so on , some amazing engravings , you know , entire body structures , skeletal man , muscular man , . |
| 13 | ‘ I 've got a neat little ketch moored down at the marina . |
| 14 | She floated between dreams and fits of consciousness , then she saw Philip leaning over her and she thought someone said , ‘ You 've got a lovely little boy , thanks be to God … ’ but it did n't seem real . |
| 15 | Barnet may not be able to offer the executive box comforts of the North London giants but you can see what Fry means when he says : ‘ We 've got a lovely little club here . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I 've got a wonderful little girl She knows how to cut and sew-one blouse every fifteen days-My little girl do n't eat very much — Just a mountain of bread a week ! ’ |
| 17 | We 've got a fine little school here , I 'm sure you 'd agree — ’ Hilary Frome looked at him with a light of pure idealism in his eyes , but he drew the line at assenting — ‘ but what 's going to count in the years ahead is what we 've got up top . |
| 18 | ‘ You 've got a sweet little face , ’ she said . |
| 19 | I 've bought a ducky little suit and matching hat . |
| 20 | It 's got a nice little swimming pool although evidently it looks really nice on the photograph because it looks like a big rectangular one . |
| 21 | Look , it 's got a lovely little spirit stove underneath , it 's got a boar hunt engraved right round the middle . |
| 22 | David seems very happy and he 's got a lovely little son . ’ |
| 23 | He 's got a lovely little face on him . |
| 24 | He 's got a funny little voice has n't he ? |
| 25 | ‘ February 10 — I have been given a dog — a mongrel pup called ‘ Lady ’ , and I have bought a wizard little pony and trap for £70 — a trim grey called ‘ Lucky ’ . |
| 26 | Few can rival the Natural History Museum 's offer of drinks beneath its dinosaur , but Christmas and new-year parties have become a nice little earner for museums and galleries right across the country . |