Sentence examples for like a spot of from inspiring English sources

Boris Johnson, writing in the Daily Telegraph, said his favourite meteorologist had predicted a "deluge" during the entire Olympic period, but the London mayor urged the weather to do its worst, adding: "We like a spot of precipitation.

Nothing shouts summer like a spot of island hopping.

something like a spot of warm sunshine on a bleak day.

Studying the slime mould may seem like a spot of trivial fun.

dry a cake out like a spot of overcooking, but just as important is what you put into the cake in the first place.

Sticking my neck out, I know Caledonian MacBrayne adds peas to its mince but I don't, although I do like a spot of carrot in mine.

I had already, through skimming the reviews, learned that he had a hero called Aurelio Zen, a Venetian detective who is, in his quiet way, a bit of an epicure (fussy about his food and fags, likes a spot of grappa), something of a lone wolf, wholly moral, but not above annoying his superiors or bending the rules to achieve results.

The slightly more desperate might like to try a spot of Derren Brown-style psychological trickery by attempting to mirror the body language of your chosen buddy.

Microsoft demoed its headset being used to play games like Minecraft and for more practical stuff like doing a spot of DIY plumbing.

There's also a small thatched pavilion if you feel like doing a spot of yoga.

Hairspray consists of tiny polymer beads that must hold hair in place, he explains, and "that's like taking a spot of glue and putting it between two huge steel levers and expecting it to hold the levers in place".