Example sentences of "have a little [noun sg] " in BNC.

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31 To soothe her grief , Mrs Belgrove , who had just had a little boy , designed an all-white garden beyond the lawn .
32 Anyway she 's had a little boy and he 's fine , he 's got a cold that 's why he was n't in today .
33 Oh well aunty Julie 's had a little boy then Sam ?
34 Yes and she 's had a little boy !
35 Just like to , we should have had a little bit of discussion there but we 're moving quickly .
36 She 's already had a little bit .
37 If you 'd , if you 'd had a little bit yourself you would n't , you would n't have smelt it .
38 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 .
39 Are you fit again because I know you 've had a little bit of shoulder trouble I think is n't it ?
40 But they 'd had a little drink in Germany , and did n't know where to head !
41 Shortly after volunteering my services contacted me to see if I would act as supporter for who had recently had a little girl called .
42 I know what it 's like these days — we 're all stretched as far as we can go ’ — he sighed — ‘ but I 've had a little think and I see a way round it for you .
43 I did n't make them I er I 've had a little go but I 'm not very good at it .
44 You should , we told you you should of had a little dog like ours and it could of ripped them up for ya .
45 But by when I 've just had a little crumb I 've said they can have the rest back .
46 Have you had a little snooze ?
47 Well yes , training , I mean it 's more of a jog , I 've had a little injury problem with a knee , but er like I say er , it really is a challenge and I 'm not going to let anything get in my way .
48 I do n't know why they 'd ever had a little place yonder but there was crofts near everywhere ,
49 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 .
50 We 'd had a little car before he got there .
51 ‘ I think , ’ Anna said a minute later , setting down her brass burden on the kitchen table , ‘ I think I have had a little revelation . ’
52 You could n't let me have a little milk ?
53 ‘ 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 .
54 Now , just let's have a little help here , because you wo n't have this graph with you all the time will you ?
55 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 .
56 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 .
57 I 'm gon na have a little rest from this in when I 've done this
58 Right , I 'll have a little rest before I turn the T V off .
59 ‘ I 'd hoped , too , they might have a little peace , ’ he added more pointedly .
60 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 ) .
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