Example sentences of "have a little " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 ! |
| 3 | ‘ Can I have a little time to think it over ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 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 | You could n't let me have a little milk ? |
| 8 | ‘ I 'd hoped , too , they might have a little peace , ’ he added more pointedly . |
| 9 | The basic shape is very easy to make , but if you do have a little time you might want to give the dragon more elaborate scales . |
| 10 | 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 ) . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Erm so right , if you get something then where you 're integrating I 'd like to sort of have a little practice this week of Have you done much practice of differentiating a product ? |
| 13 | I 'm gon na have a little rest from this in when I 've done this |
| 14 | Now , just let's have a little help here , because you wo n't have this graph with you all the time will you ? |
| 15 | Right , I 'll have a little rest before I turn the T V off . |
| 16 | We 've done our duty so we can have a little treat . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Well , you may have a little . |
| 18 | Well , frankly , I 'd rather have a little mud than a hatchet thrown at my back . |
| 19 | The headmaster said , ‘ I think we 'd better have a little talk . |
| 20 | I think the three of us should sit down and have a little talk . ’ |
| 21 | I would rather have a little shop , a holiday home and be getting married and having kids . |
| 22 | They became lovers , but Valerie did n't know that Sanquest regarded her as a mere plaything — someone he could have a little fun with ; someone he could display before his friends as his latest conquest . |
| 23 | B. T. If there was a night-watchman , you could stop and have a little talk with him — they had these coke fires . |
| 24 | Whilst a through understanding of AI is not required they should have a little background since all are likely to meet it at one time or another . |
| 25 | Your child can have a little sign saying who she is . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm staying at Dalian Atkinson 's house tonight and I might just have a little drink or two — hopefully he will be paying . |
| 27 | We 'd heard he had thirty billion pounds to spend on tanks and things and we reckoned that when he left he 'd probably have a little bit left over for a tip . |
| 28 | The count puffed out smoke through his long holder as we shook hands , and then Paula Reece asked him , ‘ Vrin , be an angel and let's have a little piano music . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I think me and you had better have a little walk . ’ |
| 30 | For example : ‘ I do n't want to disturb you during your lunch break , Harry , but could we have a little confidential chat about product B ? ’ |