Example sentences of "have [adv] [verb] a little " in BNC.

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1 It is a very long novel ; on the other hand it seems to be one of the best novels ever written , and I would strongly recommend somebody who has perhaps read a little George Eliot to go on to that .
2 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 .
3 Julia has recently got a little job .
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 Theda had shoved it on so hastily that she must have carelessly left a little hair visible .
10 David Speedy 's goal for Leicester in the first half and with the wind behind Nottingham Forest now ironically is often happens in these cases it seems to have just calmed a little .
11 I have n't written in it , I 've only written a little
12 Oh , you 've only got a little bag each ’ — and climbed in .
13 I 'm afraid I 've only got a little red one !
14 So she said look I 've only got a little bit in my pocket .
15 Oh God you 've only got a little bit
16 No it 's alright I do n't care I 've only got a little mouth .
17 They 've only got a little stub though have n't they ?
18 ‘ I 've merely done a little time-tailoring , simply removed one of the pleats or flares from the ostensibly straight leg of time .
19 ‘ I think me and you had better have a little walk . ’
20 But by when I 've just had a little crumb I 've said they can have the rest back .
21 Erm all the other stuff I 've just got a little header set up in the file on
22 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 .
23 My parents are still there , but I 've just bought a little flat in Fulham . ’
24 To soothe her grief , Mrs Belgrove , who had just had a little boy , designed an all-white garden beyond the lawn .
25 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 .
26 We 've still we 've still got a little bit of fiddling
27 Shortly after volunteering my services contacted me to see if I would act as supporter for who had recently had a little girl called .
28 He 's only got a little tiny table top one .
29 He 's only got a little .
30 She 's already had a little bit .
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