Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pers pn] [art] bit " in BNC.
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| 1 | Probably if ‘ Damnation Derek ’ had bothered to talk to people and get to know them a bit before preaching at them , he would have discovered that they would want to ask him some questions about what he believed . |
| 2 | ‘ Aye , got better than that , William Davies , ’ Hari said , ‘ come on , I might be able to find you a bit of soup as well as some bread . ‘ |
| 3 | They use it to help prepare themselves for the interview — i.e. to get to know you a bit before you arrive and work out the questions they are going to ask you . |
| 4 | When he got to know her a bit better , he was further excited by her strength of will , her independence , her commitment to the Irish nationalist cause , and — best of all , he reckoned — her utterly straight-faced enthusiasm for his explorations of the Celtic spirit-world . |
| 5 | She must persuade him of her good intentions — for it had never crossed her mind that she would not repay him — but she must also try to convince him of the seriousness of her situation and persuade him to grant her a bit of leeway . |
| 6 | And when when he gets to know us a bit better we got quite a welcome tonight . |
| 7 | Then I went through the samples in my kitchen and realised that , rather than look at the non-mainstream areas , I could look at wines from perfectly accepted areas that broke the usual conventions ; or in one brilliant example , I could see what great traditional winemakers — in this case a pair of Burgundian grandees — could do when they decided to rough it a bit in France 's far south . |
| 8 | But you have to help it a bit first ! |
| 9 | But in the long run , it 's bound to strengthen Germany 's economy tremendously , in fact some people think it 's going to strengthen it a bit too much , because it 's , it 's strong enough er already . |
| 10 | I 'd like to grow it a bit longer , but the ends are inclined to split and it looks dull . |
| 11 | So Mum told me she was going to leave me a bit more than she had originally planned . |
| 12 | I 'm just rubbing it out a little bit to give me a bit more space |
| 13 | Article headings will be set in Times 14pt Bold to give them a bit of impact while headings within the text , cross or subheads to give them their proper name , will be in 10pt Helvetica Bold . |
| 14 | And then the men folk used to give them a bit of tobacco and stuff like that , mhm . |
| 15 | Encouraged , Willis offered to fetch the mussels at once , and some plates and forks and vinegar , and switch on the radio while he was gone , to give them a bit of music . |
| 16 | Whereas you know when mine began to cry it was a good excuse to give them a bit of a cuddle . |
| 17 | Toby spent some time smoothing the ruffled sensibilities of Corbett Farraday ( ‘ I mean , after all , when you n–y to give them a bit of fun … ‘ ) , then he went to check the changing huts , which Bill Muggeridge usually forgot to lock after his afternoon tearing round blowing whistles at the boys . |
| 18 | In an ideal world , your knees should be straight throughout the exercise but , to start with , it might be simpler to bend them a bit . |
| 19 | Do you want me to leave yours a bit longer ? |
| 20 | Er j I just wanted to give you a bit of background so you know who you 're talking with . |
| 21 | Colin 's did n't look too bad cos Colin told him to leave him a bit longer now . |
| 22 | How was I to know it would give her a heart attack when it reacted unfavourably with some other medicine she was taking/ I only meant to give her a bit of discomfort . |
| 23 | Clarissa could only say glumly that according to the newspapers , the Finns were doing very well at any rate , and how mean Charles 's officers were not to give him a bit more Embarkation Leave . |
| 24 | ‘ He 's going to do some errands for me so I thought it only fair to give him a bit of food . ‘ |
| 25 | But I do n't really want to compete in that world ; I want to do it a bit differently , something a bit more personal . |
| 26 | Batty used to do it a bit , but is more of a solid player and these days tends to calm things down . |
| 27 | They like to do it a bit but they really ca n't sustain it because ultimately there 's a , there 's a call for action , a demand for action . |
| 28 | Because he 's got this new system , he wants to use it a bit . |
| 29 | However , I 'm not too impressed by the pickups and need some replacements to give it a bit more OOMPH . |
| 30 | I want to give it a bit of a rest now and I 'm trying to leave it as long as possible before I have it permed again . |