Example sentences of "[noun sg] and a bit " in BNC.
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| 1 | An old , a very old photograph and a bit grainy . |
| 2 | I do n't eat breakfast , just a cup of tea and a bit of toast if I can spare it . |
| 3 | The Moving Picture World was glad to be able to quote the New Hampshire reporter for whom the ‘ nickels ’ were just like ‘ a good strong cup of tea and a bit of a gossip ’ or ‘ a chat with some good fellow over a cocktail — they rest , that 's all ’ . |
| 4 | This , this is totally normal conversation , I 've never got this done if Wendy had turned up , I 'm glad , cos we 've now got , a tape and a bit done tonight |
| 5 | It also depends if you have your windows open and you 've got them each side and a bit of a wind , they 'll be flapping . |
| 6 | It 's like the difference between a bit of cotton and a bit of elastic . ’ |
| 7 | We may make an easy start with the short circuit and a bit more , but do we not then have to include in the circumstance the absence of a burst in a water pipe at the right moment ? |
| 8 | In our discussion groups , we talk about women 's double exploitation and a bit about the political history of El Salvador and the revolutionary organizations . |
| 9 | She had seen to Mrs Goodwin by nine o'clock and stopped for a chat and a bit of buttering-up . |
| 10 | ‘ Although George Graham is not condoning what I 've done , he knows it was just a bit of over-exhuberance and a bit of silliness . |
| 11 | Erm we 'll just er look at th those have a good bit of a laugh and a bit of a chuckle . |
| 12 | It 's a bit of algy and a bit of pythagoras |
| 13 | And I hope you have n't gone to any trouble cooking for me because I can barely keep owt down these days , not after t'hospital , me appetite quite sickened away on me wi' the things they serve up — greasy bits o' beef skirt and nasty little salads wi' half a two-week old egg and a few outside leaves o' lettuce and a bit o' wet beetroot , no , it was an effort getting it down , let alone keeping it down — I can tell you , there was many as could n't , eggs from t'infernal regions we got for us breakfast as often as not , right stink bombs , but could you get any o' them nurses to have a sniff or give us another i'stead ? |
| 14 | They would n't have been recruiting schoolboys : they 'd want mature people , organisers , types with a sense of responsibility and a bit of gloom , kids and a mortgage . |
| 15 | In your own home you care for your family and you do other things — cooking , you do a bit of sewing and a bit of reading and a bit of knitting and a bit of writing … all kinds of things . |
| 16 | They kept Orrell out with a lot of judgement and a bit of luck . |
| 17 | And a bit of change and a bit of change , a bit of pocket money |
| 18 | I take it you and Tracy not getting on , are you or not ? no , a bit and a bit not , are you ever getting on ? |
| 19 | The Zikr must have been devout too , of course , but he got round a lot more than Zoser , mixed with people , liked crowd and noise and a bit of fun . |
| 20 | An hour and a bit later the hearse stopped in a town called Cromcruach . |
| 21 | Hour and a bit . |
| 22 | In your own home you care for your family and you do other things — cooking , you do a bit of sewing and a bit of reading and a bit of knitting and a bit of writing … all kinds of things . |
| 23 | supposed to be an inter-disciplinary mixture of physics and chemistry , in other words , not a bit of physics and a bit of chemistry that you did in isolation , but to be integrated . |
| 24 | Yes , they were quite an elite band of brothers , but it was possible to break into the circle , and eventually by a stroke of luck and a bit of help from one of Vincent 's crew who took pity on me , I managed to get a short spell of leave relief on HMRC Vincent . |
| 25 | There are , indeed , countless jobs we all think we could do , given the opportunity and a bit of luck . |
| 26 | Marie left some food for me — some coffee and cereal and a bit of bread . |
| 27 | He got me out of the stream and a bit further back from the drop to our right . |
| 28 | ‘ We feel awkward in uniform at the moment and a bit self-conscious . |
| 29 | But this was a great feeling of what we had been used to over the years in watching American movies and , with our tongue in cheek and a bit of a giggle , seeing the adventures of the cavalry arriving , And for the first time in our years of combat I had a glow , a rosy glow , inside me and I knew and was certain for the very first time now we could not be beaten . |
| 30 | We do n't want you getting on the council housing list , clogging it up because you 've got a job and a bit of money , we want council houses to create ghettos , we do n't want people in an in employment , people with money to have council houses . |