Example sentences of "have [verb] a little [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has done a little bit of manipulation here and there but overall it will not boost the economy . |
| 2 | DENNIS SKINNER , the Bolsover MP who has terrorised generations of ministers from his place below the gangway , has made a little bit of history this week . |
| 3 | Hugh Hefner has devoted a little bit of Playboy to his new bride , Kimberley . |
| 4 | He has pinned a little square of material onto both his knees so that when he drives , the fabric of his best trousers will not rub against the steering wheel . |
| 5 | Violet has mostly dug up her patch and planted vegetables in it , but she has left a little strip of grass , about three foot long , which she mows with a lawn mower she bought at a jumble sale for two pounds . |
| 6 | Erm where it has lost a little bit of the quality of the lighting is round the base . |
| 7 | Well it was a wee bit under because I was only an office clerk , I , I was n't the junior but by then had come there and there were other , other clerks , some girls who 'd come into the office and I 'd got a little bit of step up you see and took over a little bit more important work , erm , I did just before I went in the Army have a dabble at erm running times , that was preparing the schedules for buses . |
| 8 | And you 'd got a little bit of plaster you , you could show the court the next morning , he was going to prison . |
| 9 | Des Little the signing from Swansea has been rested because er Frank Clarke felt he 'd lost a little bit of confidence in Forest 's poor start to the season . |
| 10 | Now , having regained a little strength of her own , she seemed cruelly intent on conquering him . |
| 11 | Just like to , we should have had a little bit of discussion there but we 're moving quickly . |
| 12 | I should have thought a little evidence of human frailty would merely enhance your reputation — and the association would do mine a power of good ! ’ |
| 13 | So you 're gon na have to do a little bit of work , just a tiny bit tonight on one area which is your training objective for your session tomorrow . |
| 14 | A lot of people in those streets ( they were very poor , but they were very proud ) and on the steps leading up to the house , they 'd have laid a little piece of lino , three pieces or two . |
| 15 | We 've heard a little bit of , about the Three-Ninetieth Group and we could go on and on because it certainly is indeed er historic organization . |
| 16 | Go and ask Grandpa , oh you 've done a little bit of a poo poo |
| 17 | Inside her she had felt a little sense of triumph begin to grow as they rode side by side through the cool bright jungle glades ; sometimes she had allowed her horse to drift towards his on the narrow trail , perhaps hoping he might give voice to the passion his expression had seemed to promise at the palais . |
| 18 | It was easy for the Jews to comply with this custom because Hecataeus of Abdera had produced a little model of what was expected of them . |
| 19 | Once you 've got a little bit of a base , you 'll be able to get going again . |
| 20 | The thing with me and with ‘ Crooksy ’ [ Garth Crooks , his friend ] as well is that , if you 're black in a small community where there are n't too many blacks and you 've got a little bit of stile , then you can not go wrong . |
| 21 | Okay , so they may ask you to use something which you have n't necessarily had to do before so that they 're really all that the examiner 's testing is that you 've got a little bit of nous , a little bit of savvy and with what you 've got available you can improvise a dressing or use the dressing in a sensible manner so that your casualty 's comfortable and you 're doing the best you can for them , okay ? |
| 22 | It 's going to cost you under thirty eight pounds , so I 've got a little bit of wei , leeway if I made a few mistakes . |
| 23 | and it 's on minimum premiums , you 've got a little bit of a discount there , but again , bearing in mind nine pound sixty might not buy them the cover they want . |
| 24 | Yes we 've got a little bit of Israel have n't you ? |
| 25 | Yeah I 've got a little bit of silver and gold at home actually , but I did n't bring it in today |
| 26 | Oh yes we 've got a little pack of them in London I think on the , by the telephone . |
| 27 | So many of Hardy 's girls are people who 've had a little bit of education , and who are somehow or other caught between traditional ways and modern ways , and I think one has the feeling that Hardy is more interested in the sociologically transitional status of the people he 's writing about than he is interested in them as people . |
| 28 | Are you fit again because I know you 've had a little bit of shoulder trouble I think is n't it ? |
| 29 | They 're really down now , but we 've had a little taste of Europe and the best way to get back in is to start winning League games again . |
| 30 | That 's a I I had to do a little bit of er adaption work on the on the curtain rail put that on . |