Example sentences of "[pron] 'd [vb pp] a bit " in BNC.

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1 Besides , despite the fact that I 'd got a good grade for my speech , I thought I 'd made a bit of a mess of it and was just relieved it was all over .
2 I 'd felt a bit sticky and dirty first thing but it 'd worn off now .
3 I 'd drunk a bit — a tot or two —
4 but erm , you know , I remember as coming across one or two obstacles and I could n't get in to it I thought if I 'd tried a bit harder , I did n't want to start you know so
5 and I 'd got a bit of an headache , well I took two tablets and it had gone before Steve come in and er I had me tea and I w I went like that and I thought God almighty !
6 As he nodded she went on , ‘ I 'd had a bit of a knock in — in a relationship with a man in London , and I was very miserable over Elise 's death .
7 Cos nowadays if you if you did something like that folk would say you 'd gone a bit funny .
8 I thought you 'd gone a bit shitty .
9 Okay so you 'd had a bit of a break that 's good .
10 another sort of six marks or maybe eight marks for the the end bit of the question , erm you 'd spent a bit of time on this .
11 I thought you 'd got a bit carried away when you were drawing them . ’
12 You 'd got a bit more margin , you see .
13 She 'd done a bit of elementary choreography for Therese and Gesner , but he seemed to be all right , a bit standoffish and dignified perhaps , but then he was the star .
14 Mrs , my friend , Mrs Goreng was all over me after she 'd sobbed a bit over Kaptan .
15 Heard she 'd gone a bit funny . ’
16 She 'd lost a bit of weight anyway had n't she ?
17 She loosened up after she 'd had a bit to drink and told me about it .
18 So she 'd had a bit of a go at Bob and er
19 She 'd wandered a bit , I suppose .
20 I wish we 'd got a bit further really but it 's hard work .
21 ‘ I think it was after we 'd talked a bit and then played a bit our personalities seemed to go well together and our playing did as well .
22 By the end , of course , they were thoroughly enjoying themselves because they 'd had a bit to drink and it was a jolly convivial evening . ’
23 Oh rather yes , out-work , people used during the First World War there were no end of people were sort of er especially if they 'd had a bit of experience in the leather industry like harness and saddlery and that sort of thing , especially the harness and er other work attached to leather cavalry and er revolver holsters and that sort of thing , they 'd do them at home you know oh yes there was er now Walsall 's divided is n't it ?
24 He 'd seen a bit of that kind of thing going on in the last hospital he was in .
25 ‘ I think it would have been brilliant if they 'd given him more of a chance and if he 'd given a bit more .
26 But he came more than he might have and he 'd done a bit with the bells in his heyday .
27 And knowing he 'd gone a bit too far , and glad enough , now his fright and anger were fading , to have faced down Lachlan 's temper and Farquhar 's knife unharmed , Duncan Rua was satisfied to grin back , and turn aside to work the ship .
28 Later , usually with Preston or his grandad , he 'd felt a bit more at home , but not much .
29 The next morning , Ian woke her up with a cup of tea , said he was sorry about last night , he 'd had a bit too much to drink .
30 He 'd had a bit of a raw deal .
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