Example sentences of "[art] bit [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | McDonald has some well known musicians , such as Pino Palladino and Benmont Tench , helping him out on the disc , but even their presence fails to add the bit of gloss that is evidently lacking . |
| 2 | ‘ I say , darling , you 've got the bit of plaster off my finger . ’ |
| 3 | Well that was er plane the bit of wood , learn to plane the bit of wood straight or saw the wood straight and then there is a little , the iron part of it was where you made little any little bits of iron them there to make pretty patterns on it . |
| 4 | Well that was er plane the bit of wood , learn to plane the bit of wood straight or saw the wood straight and then there is a little , the iron part of it was where you made little any little bits of iron them there to make pretty patterns on it . |
| 5 | Lofoten apart , though , Keyes 's private armies were to chafe at the bit of ministry reins throughout the summer of 1941 , while remaining dependent on these masters for the very shoe-string of their existence as Commandos . |
| 6 | I think well I mean the bit of green 's good is n't it ? |
| 7 | So I did n't make a loss but I did n't make a profit on the bit of space that I need that I was using for storage cos I thought it was only fair to the poor bloke . |
| 8 | By the time he crossed the bit of aisle to the food-place he was a blur even by nome standards . |
| 9 | ‘ Or the bit of land where I was born , ’ she added lamely . |
| 10 | It was very useful for people , because it was the only way they could get the bit of money on a Monday . |
| 11 | Kruger favours pen-based machines because he says they make life easier for the user — all he needs to do is ring the bit of text he wants to file away for future reference , and his computer will store it away on hard disk . |
| 12 | The young Morris , born in Walthamstow and educated at Marlborough , had wanted something ‘ very medieval in spirit ’ , and the bit of north Kent which was then deep in the fruitgrowing countryside seemed the perfect place to build . |
| 13 | but er I 'd meet up in town and our house like twenty past nine , half past , get , get , get the bit of shopping done before the fucking crowds I might off wasted me time , we got in there about ten o'clock , right old day . |
| 14 | If you put the bottom on wheel , put some wheels on the bottom of the ladder so it could n't fall because of the bottom , then it would still stay there because on the floor would be the bit of grip from the top . |
| 15 | But I think that was when I was in the sea holding on to the bit of foam , and more or less just let myself float under the water , but me arm was round the top of the bit of foam , on the surface , and I think it got burnt by the the heat off the platform then . |
| 16 | But I think that was when I was in the sea holding on to the bit of foam , and more or less just let myself float under the water , but me arm was round the top of the bit of foam , on the surface , and I think it got burnt by the the heat off the platform then . |
| 17 | There was only that one with the bit of enamel chipped off . |
| 18 | And beyond the factory he could see the bit of wasteland where Mrs Flaherty used to keep the Famous Funfair under tarpaulins for the winter . |
| 19 | For people who do n't understand , College Green is the bit of greenery outside Westminster where people rush out to be interviewed on camera . |
| 20 | Raising the floorboards , finding the marble and sticking it on , cutting out the bit of beam — and I bet that went floating down the river — remembering to lock the lower door … |
| 21 | So after a week he takes away the bandage , removes the bit of radium , sure enough there 's a bright red radiation burn on his forearm but apart from that he feels fine , he does n't feel ill , he obviously has n't died , er so he said well I 'll leave that for a few weeks and monitor my , my health and see if there 's any long term affects from this exposure to , to radiation . |
| 22 | After what seemed ages , Dustin thought he might be willing to co-star in John and Mary if only in gratitude for the bit of play-doctoring the two visitors had done . |
| 23 | If I do I 'll go to the bit of railing by the drinking fountain . |
| 24 | To call the bit of silk that clung to her body a dress was ridiculous . |
| 25 | ‘ I heard the bit of politics in your address . |
| 26 | He set it down on the bit of rug . |
| 27 | Erm , actually on reflection , having seen the bit of disaster that occurred because erm unfortunately Freda did n't get the phone call until early Christmas day morning off her daughter , to say that instead of them coming up to here to see them that something had happened in London , could they go down to her , so she was prepared to do us a half an hour at half past one and then she was going to drive to London ! |
| 28 | What does the minister do but add the mumbo-jumbo and the bit of paper ? ’ |
| 29 | He gave her the bit of paper with the phone number on . |
| 30 | With the bit of paper in one hand and the keys in the other , he held his arms straight out in front of him at the same height . |