Example sentences of "[pers pn] for [art] bit " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Leave me for a bit , Billy , ’ she says with her back to me , so I go out and sit on my bed . |
| 2 | She looks at me for a bit , then she goes over to the drawer and takes out another envelope . |
| 3 | She 's OK ’ with Mrs Lennox and it 's good for her to get away from me for a bit just now and again . |
| 4 | My father stopped , looked at me for a bit and then said that in the circumstances I could go out that night — providing I milked the cows first . |
| 5 | Ca n't you come and talk to me for a bit ? |
| 6 | And can you join me for a bit of breaking and entering some time this evening ? " |
| 7 | Then , when they came in , he came up to see me for a bit . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm told they might need me for a bit of PR work , but basically I gather I 'm going to be the technician permanently with the team . ’ |
| 9 | He rings you up and goes he goes hello it 's Jonathan and you go oh right hello Jonathan and he does n't say anything so you talk to him for about half an hour or so and then you go alright Jonathan , better go , you know and then he goes no no I 've got something to tell you and you go oh alright what is it then and he goes I ca n't remember it man , just talk to me for a bit longer and I 'll remember it then and it goes on like that for hours and hours and it 's so boring . |
| 10 | She looks at them for a bit and then hands them over to me . |
| 11 | There 's a man and a woman sitting at a table by the window , and I watch them for a bit . |
| 12 | I watch them for a bit , but they do n't win nothing . |
| 13 | I watch them for a bit . |
| 14 | Yeah I mean she for a bit she was the party was n't she ? |
| 15 | " Just let me look after you for a bit . |
| 16 | I took you for a bit of a rogue , but maybe you 're just a fool . |
| 17 | ‘ I thought it would be best if Mr Challow were to help you for a bit , Miss Broome , ’ said Mervyn , ‘ while he 's getting settled down , that is . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Naturally we 're hoping that you 'll continue to use your skills on the front line , so to speak , but the advertising department are hoping to use you for a bit of company PR . |
| 19 | We had a closed discussion and decided to humour you for a bit … |
| 20 | Probably supported you for a bit once you were in the water . ’ |
| 21 | She 'll play with you for a bit . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'd heard him for a bit by then . |
| 23 | I hang round by him , watching him for a bit . |
| 24 | I do n't really understand what he 's doing , but it 's OK to watch him for a bit . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'll canter him for a bit , then wait till you come up for your turn . ’ |
| 26 | But he said : ‘ The fans may not think Ian 's the best man for the job but if they lay off him for a bit then he might get it right for them . ’ |
| 27 | I always got on with my daughter , but she 's in Canada now , so I asked my son if I could stay with him for a bit . |
| 28 | They passed two landings , Gordon following her with majestic tread , but faster than one might expect , since although he had lost time in hanging up his raincoat in the hall , he reached the door first , and opened it without any kind of announcement , and Edward was standing , with his back to them at first , thinner and smaller than she remembered , but then she always made the mistake when she had n't seen him for a bit — he turned round , protesting , and it was Edward . |
| 29 | I teased him for a bit that I did n't get it , it went for so much . |
| 30 | and went and sat in the corner of the bathroom and went , scowled at him for a bit ! |