Example sentences of "[vb pp] a [adj] bit " in BNC.

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1 No I and and and was it not discouraged a wee bit at school .
2 The powder 's just gone it 's dissolved a little bit but it 's not really doing much on its own .
3 Er but er I 've managed to fiddle it with the suggested preachers for the November series , which I have come a little bit unstuck about .
4 Er but erm the So the railway line erm still carried a little bit of er of freight traffic , but erm it was n't quite abandoned , but even some of the er station buildings were removed erm to er to .
5 Well they might be tailored a little bit according to the level , but basically it 's a similar lecture .
6 Or you 've done a tiny bit and you need something that 's not
7 Can we actually pause there cos you 've done a good bit of digging on that one .
8 He has done a little bit of manipulation here and there but overall it will not boost the economy .
9 They have done a little bit of redecorating , such as in the hallway where they put up a pretty floral paper with a wide matching border at dado level , and hung an original time recorder clock , made in Leeds and bought from an antique shop in Leigh-on-Sea .
10 you know maybe I am the sort of person they 're looking for who 's already done a little bit of surveying erm to join as a dogsbody and then over the two years or four years however long it does take erm you know slowly presumably you just get given more responsibilities .
11 some and I have done a little bit on AutoCad which is erm making maps and things
12 So the Government supports Percent for Art and I would have hoped that it would have at least done a little bit of er work little bit of homework and I would have hoped that those members that went to the Percent for Art seminar would have stood up and said something positive about what it 's about .
13 No , well we 've done a little bit .
14 ‘ Personally , I would liked to have done a little bit better in the Tests .
15 I 've done a little bit , yeah .
16 Go and ask Grandpa , oh you 've done a little bit of a poo poo
17 Conference , I think you can see that we in Grimsby , have done a little bit , we would like to do more , we support the composite , and we support the lady speakers that 've come up here today .
18 ‘ I have done a fair bit of business travelling to meetings in London , ’ said Mr Pilkington , who seizes the opportunity for more practice on train journeys appropriately since BR is sponsoring this year 's Times championship .
19 honestly felt a wee bit nervous at the start just to make sure that I had the structure , that , that , I think that was the whole crux of the thing .
20 In retrospect , I would probably have saved a little bit more , but there it is — I did manage to save a little bit anyway .
21 Well having seen a little bit erm was on the other day and I I mean I I must admit I touch shut up you !
22 In the past I 'd seen a fair bit of Lloyd .
23 At the Snack Shack , chef Kevin Polson , 24 , admits to having seen a fair bit of violence , ranging from someone pulling a gun on him to rugby fans forming a scrum in his shop and going through the glass counter .
24 Snack attacks : chef Kevin Polson has seen a fair bit of violence , ranging from someone pulling a gun to rugby fans forming a scrum in his shop and going through the glass counter
25 DENNIS SKINNER , the Bolsover MP who has terrorised generations of ministers from his place below the gangway , has made a little bit of history this week .
26 Got a wee bit of reaction to the Sulfasalazine and the penicillin , mind .
27 Got a nice bit of ground do n't they ?
28 You have n't got a flat bit there .
29 erm but they 've got a sticky bit on them
30 ‘ No , I 've got a little bit , but I do n't want to waste it on a hotel .
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