The phrase "a little span" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a short duration of time or a small distance.
Example: "We only need to wait a little span before the meeting starts."
Alternatives: "a brief period" or "a short while".
Having only the Brotherhood of the Angle in common, we stood on a little bridge spanning the Piddle and celebrated that fraternity for more than an hour.
Social entrepreneurship has evolved a lot in a very little span of time and is accompanied in government institutions, organizations and NPOs.
He was prickly and private (though this would have been a challenge); he regarded any form of biographical venture as the "Higher Cannibalism"; even left us a famous admonitory "Appeal" - "And for the little, little span / The dead are borne in mind / Seek not to question other than / The books I left behind".
If the Tharauds are unlikely to enjoy a renaissance, their Dingley will survive as more than just a curiosity - as a novel of some seriousness and verve - for some at least of the "little, little span" that Kipling is borne in mind.
The enlightened viewer could design do-it-yourself reportage -- a little C-Span and PBS, some CNN and an hour on a network on prime time.
So we moved, into a small but airy room with a plush, well-maintained feeling; its tiny balcony looked toward the river over the stylish Rivoli restaurant and the hotel's pool, unheated but inviting in a sunny garden, a little footbridge spanning its middle.
Taking a cue from our Best Goldman Sachs Fraud Metaphors slideshow, we've gone through the entire past week's worth of cable news (and even a little C-span from back in January) to find the most coherent, concise, and clarifying metaphors and analogies uttered on television, all to help you go from ignoramus to expert on the Goldman Sachs case in a convenient 5 minutes.
So much talent is concentrated in such a little area, spanning many disciplines, the arts and business.
A little pink bridge incongruously spanned the salt-water swimming pool that is the centerpiece of the complex, and the concrete patio was hemmed in by walled walkways.
