Example sentences of "he [verb] a bit [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But erm , so she got erm she , he made a bit of money I think , I think I went rash and put a fiver on . |
| 2 | Cos he plays a bit of guitar , |
| 3 | ‘ He looks a bit like Dad , do n't you think , Ginny ? ’ |
| 4 | He looks a bit like Father Christmas but wears a silver coat trimmed with white fur . |
| 5 | Did he need a bit of help with his I mean a lot of them did made them that sort of I just found a lot of was so so behind and so |
| 6 | Read Quiller-Couch on this word ; he has a bit of fun with it . |
| 7 | ‘ I think he has a bit of pony or something in him somewhere , though , as he grows very hairy heels ! ’ |
| 8 | Here 's Jochim He needs a bit of help here Cooper breathing down his neck . |
| 9 | I want to know how he 's doing in general and where he needs a bit of encouragement . |
| 10 | He sucked a bit of juice from one of his fingers and tried to think of something to say . |
| 11 | in village , not far up us and er I were getting round me mum and pulling on her skirts and and this old woman says , get him fed Frances , he wants a bit of pap , get him , get him picked up and give him a bit of pap and that 'll shut him up |
| 12 | You 're not well enough , you just sit in a chair there 's some cake in the tin if he wants a bit of cake ! |
| 13 | His fellow-curates found him liable to vast silences , during which he twisted a bit of cotton with the fingers of both hands . |
| 14 | ‘ He gets a bit of wine in him , ’ she avoided Rab , a look at Winnie who looked to scratch her eyes out . |
| 15 | To crown the day , he was going to film the death of Tick , the deformed coachman , and he enjoyed a bit of ham as much as any other actor . |
| 16 | He fished a bit of paper from his pocket and studied it . |
| 17 | He lost a bit of confidence and the goals dried up . ’ |
| 18 | In it Tobin said he needed a bit of cash , a loan . |
| 19 | He took a bit to work ? |
| 20 | He took a bit to work and sliced it |
| 21 | He took a bit of rubber and an old piece of board , |
| 22 | He feels a bit at grief cos he did n't |
| 23 | Well Carole 's next door neighbour he owns a bit of land and he 's got some sheep in his fields , and he 's got some pigs and you know ? |
| 24 | When we started to go there at first there were a fella , a fella from Keighley who was a weaver and he bought a bit of land at the side of the er , the side of the chapel , or was it the school ? |
| 25 | Let himself into the kiosk , did n't get any cash , so he did a bit of damage . |
| 26 | Yes and er my mother was frightened to death of guns because , oh he was a bit of a boy at heart I mean you can just imagine everybody used to bring the sporting guns to be repaired and there was guns floating about all over the place , and my mother was scared stiff of guns right till the time she died er , and he got mixed up with all these sporting connections you know like go off to shoots and various things and I think he did a bit of cock fighting in his day as well , but I 've , I 've got the exercise books that his two brothers . |
| 27 | In sharing the Reds ' upset win in that national trial he proved a bit of success as a distributor and made two scorching breaks which hinted at a swashbuckling touch to his nature : ‘ I was very keen to make a good impression in the trial because it took place a week after my ‘ B ’ debut against Ireland and I wanted to make up for two particular errors in that game . |
| 28 | Has he lost a bit of weight ? |
| 29 | He had a bit of money too . |
| 30 | But there 's a couple of guys in another division over there that they were quite keen on er aircraft and they spent weeks building these bloody things and then er , and experienced flyer he 'd taken over to the other , other side of the estate when he had a bit of runway over there |