Example sentences of "we have a little [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shall we have a little look , open your |
| 2 | Can we have a little bit of hush please ! |
| 3 | Can we have a little bit of a discount ? |
| 4 | shall we have a little swim |
| 5 | ‘ Why should n't we have a little pleasure , some support ? |
| 6 | Could we have a little democrat please . |
| 7 | Shall we have a little introduction and then we 'll set off shall we ? |
| 8 | ‘ We 've a little stranger here . ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Once we had a little girl staying when Frost On Sunday was on and she asked Miles : ‘ Are there two Davids ? ’ |
| 11 | 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 . ’ |
| 12 | We had a little bit of money , we wanted all these things for the baby , but he could n't afford the money . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | And we had a little drive to er what was it called Fast Eddy 's . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | we had a little dancing troop |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm so sorry to have kept you , but we had a little emergency ! ’ |
| 19 | We had a little birthday party . |
| 20 | I met Belinda — the Belinda from Sotheby 's — and we had a little chin-wag before I looked round the exhibition . |
| 21 | Then we had a little talk , but it did not end there . |
| 22 | We had a little garden in the front and we used to put er a in in in the in in on the soil and we used to put some crumbs on on a on a plate you know . |
| 23 | Unfortunately that empty but we had a little light entertainment when you first came here er especially the way you rode your bicycles er we , we sincerely hoped that you could fly your aeroplanes a little better than that . |
| 24 | And each of the places er where we got the supply of tins , er we had a little van that went out to deliver the tins and we delighted as boys , going out , carrying the two tins er into the place . |
| 25 | Okay you 're absolutely right er we did play that at the beginning of the programme we had a little trouble with our C D what happened there Stuart it went off the air did n't it ? |
| 26 | Tonight we had a little concert from a first-class military band . |
| 27 | We had to put it in erm oh what did we call it oh dear a little vice and er put a ball , about three inches long and then er put it into the plug and erm put the cap , the little brass cap but also the I 've made a mistake there , before we did that we had to put the natural plug in and in that plug there were five like aluminium coloured er pins , each of a different size and we had to learn to read the key for the various depths you see and we had boxes of pins with the different sizes in and er then put those in the plug and then push the key in and but we 'd got to , we got to file , we had to file the bars and also the little brass caps to get all the edge the , I forget what we used to call it now , off the cap to get it smooth and then get it in our own vice and screw , screw them down and there were thirty two , there were three key keys to each , each lock , and er we had to file them until they were ready and they worked easily push the key in properly , and we also used to put black lead in , you could not put oil because they would have stopped the springs working and we had a little box of ordinary oh like the black lead that we used to black lead the graves , put some on the key and push that then and work it round , and that was the erm that was made it work freely you see and then there was erm a half a gross to each board , and three , three keys to each one and then erm we , we filed the various things ourselves , but then they would take that away from you and bring you more you see and then when eventually the keys had to be polished and it was only a favourite few that were allowed to sit down to sort the keys out to com to complete them you see , but it was very very interesting work and I enjoyed being there but you |
| 28 | If he was to sing to you guvnor , and then we had a little collection , now that would n't be begging now would it ? ’ |
| 29 | Kennedy assassination story we have a little bit more for you . |
| 30 | Yeah we have a little bit of new material , we always get every year you 'll get about you know eight or ten good new songs that people write and the one good thing about the people who write for us is that the songs sound like they 're they 're old songs which is ideal you know . |