Example sentences of "have [adv] [verb] a little [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has already brought a little magic into the lives of Bristol Rovers ' fans , who could see nothing to look forward to but relegation from Division One . |
| 2 | Julia has recently got a little job . |
| 3 | Perhaps , when he 'd dropped her , he 'd better give a little thought to damage limitation and the covering of his tracks . |
| 4 | The headmaster said , ‘ I think we 'd better have a little talk . |
| 5 | I was n't actually gon na say anything but I 'd better say a little bit . |
| 6 | No it were Monday when in here cos I was oh I were , Gavin were wanting some toast with jam on and I 'd only got a little bit like that , I says oh you 'll have to wait while your Aunty Margaret brings some more tomorrow . |
| 7 | I 'd always wanted a little girl , but one of the students at the door told me I had a beautiful little boy and he was fine . |
| 8 | I do n't know why they 'd ever had a little place yonder but there was crofts near everywhere , |
| 9 | I 'd read the various bits and pieces a couple of times now , looking for something deep and mysterious in it all but not finding anything ; I 'd even done a little research of my own , and discovered through mum that dad had some more of Rory 's papers in his study ; she 'd promised she 'd try and look them out for me . |
| 10 | Theda had shoved it on so hastily that she must have carelessly left a little hair visible . |
| 11 | So she said look I 've only got a little bit in my pocket . |
| 12 | Oh God you 've only got a little bit |
| 13 | They 've only got a little stub though have n't they ? |
| 14 | No it 's alright I do n't care I 've only got a little mouth . |
| 15 | Oh , you 've only got a little bag each ’ — and climbed in . |
| 16 | ‘ I 've merely done a little time-tailoring , simply removed one of the pleats or flares from the ostensibly straight leg of time . |
| 17 | ‘ I think me and you had better have a little walk . ’ |
| 18 | But by when I 've just had a little crumb I 've said they can have the rest back . |
| 19 | Erm all the other stuff I 've just got a little header set up in the file on |
| 20 | It 's almost mesmeric as well is n't it , this repetition of now , now , now between between the but as as you were saying , it 's sketching all the details in so you , if you were sketching a fox , you know you begin somewhere and say you begin with the nose you 've just got a little detail the nose and the eyes but eventually you 've got to put the whole sketch in . |
| 21 | My parents are still there , but I 've just bought a little flat in Fulham . ’ |
| 22 | To soothe her grief , Mrs Belgrove , who had just had a little boy , designed an all-white garden beyond the lawn . |
| 23 | Maybe they felt his concentration had just waned a little bit late on but he 's er he 's had a good game he should be very pleased with his contribution . |
| 24 | We 've still we 've still got a little bit of fiddling |
| 25 | Shortly after volunteering my services contacted me to see if I would act as supporter for who had recently had a little girl called . |
| 26 | She 's already had a little bit . |
| 27 | He 's just got a little job to do . |
| 28 | She 's just bought a little place down in Sussex . |
| 29 | And then I have always fancied a little hall and stairs because at the farm the stairs came straight down to the front door . |
| 30 | Knowing Stuart she 's probably got a little hole down there and he can just flop it out ! |