Example sentences of "[vb mod] have a little [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Right , I 'll have a little rest before I turn the T V off . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'd hoped , too , they might have a little peace , ’ he added more pointedly . |
| 3 | But I think we might have a little time to ourselves now , and be d — d to anyone who says we have n't both earned it ! |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I can see that I may have a little difficulty explaining this first part of my story , especially to anyone not acquainted with the often bizarre rituals of academic life . |
| 6 | A lioness , having caught a gazelle , may not kill it but drag it back alive to her cubs and give it to them so that , crippled though it is , the cubs may have a little practice in how to bring it down . |
| 7 | Now , just let's have a little help here , because you wo n't have this graph with you all the time will you ? |
| 8 | 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 . |