Example sentences of "[verb] on a bit " in BNC.
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| 1 | He goes on a bit … ’ |
| 2 | Goes on a bit thick . |
| 3 | So you 've got the children tomorrow lunchtime , you 've got the band tomorrow evening , but the library exhibition goes on a bit longer ? |
| 4 | My staff were faced with untidy heaps of apparatus apparatus in equipment rooms , and received little or no help from the student representatives So and then it sort of flabbers on a bit saying they 're |
| 5 | 'Cos , like , just 'cos you 're gettin' on a bit does n't mean you ca n't wear fab gear an' pull groovy chicks an' that . |
| 6 | The film sticks to the standard Bo plot — older man ( Anthony Quinn ) lusts comically after her body — but with Bo cracking on a bit , the stakes have had to be raised a bit . |
| 7 | It still lingers on a bit though . |
| 8 | everywhere , things like that , so , well I 'll hang on a bit then |
| 9 | We w we was partnerships you see well when our place collapsed they carried on just carried on a bit because they were connected with Japan . |
| 10 | One night I stopped on a bit at the dance in Cotherstone and had to walk home because I could n't get a lift from anyone . |
| 11 | Just hold on a bit , wo n't you ? |
| 12 | I might carry on a bit tomorrow . |
| 13 | But you worry on a bit longer , lad . |
| 14 | Nevertheless undaunted , since things have moved on a bit since nineteen eighty seven , I suppose what I 'm looking for is some guidance as to the way in which policy I twelve has operated in practice . |
| 15 | And er when you 'd got on a bit you delivered the baby but the midwife was there to see you did n't make any mistakes and , and really to t teach you to do it . |
| 16 | I thought we were going on a bit . |
| 17 | Well if you rung you could always say oh I 'll have to go cos somebody at the door if she starts going on a bit long . |
| 18 | like he does n't know if he 's going on a bit at the moment , he 's just wandering about , |
| 19 | Hang on a bit . |
| 20 | Hang on a bit . |
| 21 | So you 'll have to put on a bit more flesh if you want filmstar legs . |
| 22 | Can now , can we actually move on a bit because , that has been very valuable what you said , but in fairness to Mr Maxwell it also has to be said does n't it that up until he stole these assets er this process of throwing organisations , peoples monies into a spin dryer and pulling them out of different sort of sequences was something he regularly did and we 've had witnesses to say how well he did manage the funds and how they grew , whether when they should sell stock and when they should n't sell stock and so on . |
| 23 | she said who , I said Joy , she said oh blimey is she , I said yeah , so he hung on a bit but he 'd |
| 24 | ‘ Staying on a bit , you see , to help Mr Kennedy here . ’ |
| 25 | However , having carelessly left the shed unlocked , our mower and strimmer were stolen and , as we are both getting on a bit , we decided we would take up the lawn and put down gravel instead . |
| 26 | He was getting on a bit , transferred in to the Mounted . |
| 27 | Mr Jagger responded by saying , ‘ Poor old Bill 's getting on a bit now , you know . |
| 28 | NOW that 's he getting on a bit , Eric Clapton is steering clear of his flashy Ferraris and Alfa Romeos . |
| 29 | ‘ He was getting on a bit , was n't he ? ’ |
| 30 | They were getting on a bit when I was born . ’ |