Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] [art] bit " in BNC.
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| 1 | They should n't be like that , we should , like , be able to pull cords and curtains as well gathering them a bit . |
| 2 | ‘ You would n't mind organizing them a bit , would you ? |
| 3 | Well I think we 're lucky they must be keeping it a bit longer for interest of something to all out . |
| 4 | ‘ I do and I 'm not stopping you working , just delaying it a bit . ’ |
| 5 | I 'm not and I tell you honest it 's , it is frightening me a bit . |
| 6 | It even took us into Cambridge a few times , but that was pushing it a bit — and once or twice we really had to . |
| 7 | Sarah Kent 's introduction tries to bring in the fall of Communism , which is probably pushing it a bit . |
| 8 | Do n't you think that the Dixie horn 's pushing it a bit ? ’ |
| 9 | The second time was pushing it a bit . ’ |
| 10 | Do you mind mate , I do n't mind what foul mouthed abuse you give me , but that pushing it a bit far . |
| 11 | on the way back it was pushing it a bit . |
| 12 | ‘ You were pushing it a bit today , Fran . |
| 13 | But roughing it a bit is part of the fun . ’ |
| 14 | on only roughing it a bit , I 've brought a canvas down so do n't muck it about . |
| 15 | It 's costing us a bit of money but er , you know , we do n't do these things for the short term , er |
| 16 | So the retching was worrying me a bit . |
| 17 | But having it dished up twice in just 19 days — in what seems suspiciously like identical form — seems to be going it a bit . |
| 18 | She is mother of a family that possesses 13 cubes , which is overdoing it a bit , I reckon . |
| 19 | Cos I 'd lost about half a stone in weight , and I was cut down on chocolate biscuits , and I , what I 'd been doing I was was at my tea , at five o'clock , I was eating another at ten o'clock , I reckon I was overdoing it a bit you know with the I was trying to cut down a lot |
| 20 | There used to be a cafe , a cute ; the er you used to go in and have a cup of tea and that and yo , he started selling jam , pots of jam with they had him in court , it was er it had fell off a lorry and he was selling it a bit cheap and er he were telling us about it . |
| 21 | It simply means thinking a little about your diet and daily routine , and improving it a bit at a time . |
| 22 | Paul gets deeply drunk at a New Year 's Eve party , where those friends who already have children get wheezily maudlin and dilate on the sheer cost of small kids versus the sheer joy of small kids ; while those who do n't have kids elbow him constantly , calling him a bit of a sharp-shooter , a devil , a sperm-bank , a prong , a peopler of nations and an irresponsible git . |
| 23 | You 're sort of getting it a bit more |
| 24 | Two five five , the reason why the Executive asked for withdrawal was because it 's moving us a bit too fast along this track , and it 's moving us in a particular direction before we 've had the time to think about whether that 's the right direction to go . |
| 25 | And your best bet for doing them a bit short , too much , too much . |
| 26 | and that 's doing me a bit of good that bike is |
| 27 | But the point is at the end of the day they 've got to be approached in a just giving them a bit of paper |
| 28 | After giving me a bit of a rollocking they went away telling me what happened to sentries who fell asleep guarding the magazine . |
| 29 | yes yes I 've been consulting him a bit about my Romans project |
| 30 | Still having eunuchs in the choirs that was coming it a bit thick . |