Example sentences of "we [verb] a little [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | There are many lessons we can learn from other animals , to our great and continuing advantage , and it is high time we took a little while to sit and stare at the other creatures with which we share the earth . |
| 32 | ‘ May we walk a little way ? ’ |
| 33 | ‘ Shall we walk a little way ? ’ |
| 34 | Can we go a little bit into the background of the boys ' ploughing match , Marcus ? |
| 35 | The snow stops and Odd-Knut suggests we try a little fishing . |
| 36 | We were married at home , and one of the reasons why is because we bought a very old house about three years ago and on the top floor it has a , a large room which used to be the ballroom , and we did a little research and we found that the last wedding that we know of in the house took place in seventeen fifty eight , when apparently it was very common in Scotland to get married at home , it was more uncommon to go to church . |
| 37 | Oh we did a little bit anyway . |
| 38 | Well we did a little bit because but I said , No I do n't want anything Emma . |
| 39 | We did a little business . ’ |
| 40 | Yes cos we do a little bit out of the class instead . |
| 41 | Er we always think we do a little scheme work within design . |
| 42 | So we do a little thing like this . |
| 43 | That 's what we call a little chick erm and it comes from in China and do n't feel him too tight ; just feel how warm he is , do you see , is n't he lovely ? |
| 44 | T. D. We cleared a little thing up — back end of a wedding . |
| 45 | ‘ We 've a little stranger here . ’ |
| 46 | Can we talk a little bit about numbers . |
| 47 | You see , my dear , we had a little difficulty over which should adorn the top of the tree , the star of Bethlehem which is of course the only proper thing as well as being the only thing countenanced by the Rector , or an immensely glittering and unsuitable fairy doll someone was so ill-judged as to give to Helen . |
| 48 | We had a little chat with Unix System Labs president Roel Pieper last week and he did n't exactly rule out the possibility of USL making a takeover move on Santa Cruz Operation Inc ( UX No 396 ) : however , he said , it would n't be a good business value unless both firms were committed to going in the same direction . |
| 49 | Once we had a little girl staying when Frost On Sunday was on and she asked Miles : ‘ Are there two Davids ? ’ |
| 50 | Your cousin warned me off again , we had a little set-to in the pub , so I thought I 'd better come and make me mark . ’ |
| 51 | We had a little bit of money , we wanted all these things for the baby , but he could n't afford the money . |
| 52 | Yes yo your hands used to be purple an and the brass work on the dredger cos we had , we had a little bit of brass work they all used to turn green and to clean it , used to turn green . |
| 53 | And we had a little drive to er what was it called Fast Eddy 's . |
| 54 | When they reached the carriage he swung her luggage up onto the rack and said , ‘ We had a little whip-round ’ , and thrust seven one-pound-notes into her hand . |
| 55 | At the Conservative Party Conference in Brighton in 1988 we had a little fun on the last day , just before the Prime Minister 's speech . |
| 56 | we had a little dancing troop |
| 57 | ‘ I 'm so sorry to have kept you , but we had a little emergency ! ’ |
| 58 | We had a little birthday party . |
| 59 | I met Belinda — the Belinda from Sotheby 's — and we had a little chin-wag before I looked round the exhibition . |
| 60 | Then we had a little talk , but it did not end there . |