Example sentences of "go [prep] a little [noun] " in BNC.

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1 IF Eugene Kertsman asks you to go for a little jog to keep fit — watch out !
2 When I found out what was going on I persuaded the colonel to go for a little holiday — and then , ’ he continued angrily when Hilary snorted derisively again , ‘ when I did meet you , I could n't believe my eyes .
3 I 'll have to go for a little walk .
4 So Mr is actually going to er talk about that but I just wanted to go through a little sort of resolution , I mean if , if you looked at it , if you looked at number one , it says express this opposition to further expansion and then it goes on and lists Stansted and Luton , but this expansion goes now I mean Stansted is expanding erm daily .
5 This arrangement keeps them going for a little while .
6 ‘ Oh well , that should keep you going for a little while . ’
7 Going for a little walkies !
8 Me and my mate , here , we 're just going for a little ride . ’
9 It can be done , though it involves going into a little detail from time to time about points of central importance , and it needs simplifications which trouble an author 's respect for exact truth and may appal an unsympathetic expert .
10 Paper blocks the drains , so it goes into a little box .
11 Because it 'll be time to go in a little while
12 But since then things have changed , and if they are prepared to go to a little trouble and expense they can now acquire a cat that will almost certainly give them no problems .
13 Marion and her son had an agreeable high tea of poached eggs on toast , tea and cakes , went for a little walk along Old Compton Street and bought some gorgonzola and a pound of cherries before returning to the theatre for the evening show ; he was allowed to watch the first act from the wings before making his way back to Putney on his own .
14 Anyway , it was a lon , there 's a little restaurant in the road , and it was back of sort of erm Mar , if you wal , you crossed over and if you went through a little slip where it came , you came into this little arcade of shops where o , about in the road next to er
15 If launching here , go through a little gate from the road , down the steps behind the hut to a second gate at the river bank , a good seal launch site , through the reeds 10 yds downstream .
16 Well they had er , they had all that this morning , they should go for a little while .
17 So I went like a little lamb following a mother sheep , back to the same room .
18 Yes , I mean I 've got to say to that , I thought they kept going ; two nothing down you know and I 've played in games where your playing top opposition and you can go under a little bit ca n't you .
19 Yes , I mean I 've got to say that , I thought they kept going at two nothing down you know sides , and I 've played in games where you 're playing top opposition and you can go under a little bit ca n't you ?
20 And er if we could just go into a little bit about , this was in Hucknall ?
21 There was no tea break but Mr John and a woman , who she thought might have been a chaperone , would go into a little room at the end , where she fancied they had a nip or two .
22 You can see er , at the top , of course the profits were down but nonetheless er , I think quite encouragingly , we have higher operational cash flow and I 'll go into a little detail of that later .
23 But it does please me that we fight back , I like that , but it displeases me the way we sort of go under a little bit .
24 My English travelling companion was game to try the dulse seaweed , which is a speciality in Ballycastle , so I went into a little shop on the seafront .
25 And while I was waiting for them I I went into a little shop and For some cigarettes , and er me brother y Oh younger brother , we 'd started him up er f he was a plumber .
26 Just it was a beautiful day , so I said why not stay for an hour , so we got out , out , in , so we , as it is , , you know we just went round a little bit , and it 's very tidy and nice , biscuits .
27 And obviously you want go in a little bit before that just in case somebody comes .
28 Oh they w they went to a little cottage in Llaneilian .
29 ‘ Well , I saved two hundred dollars and when summer came , I left the theatre and went to a little village by the sea on Long Island .
30 The monster that said ‘ Hee-haw ! ’ carried me on its back and we went to a little river .
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