I don't suppose a little delay would matter much now.

And so, what has happened is that there will be a little delay in the achieving of the 600-ship Navy.

There had been a little delay, other business coming in.

It can all be managed; you will only have to put up with a little delay, which is relatively of not much importance.

This little delay has let us get our reports into tolerable order.

There was some little delay in finding it - five minutes, let us say - and then I returned.

At least there was a little delay on the line: time for these separate thoughts to fall into place.

There had already been a little delay waiting for one of the operating rooms to free up.

A little delay on his side might be very excusable.

There's been a little delay in that because I just had to read the first book.