Example sentences of "[vb infin] it a bit " in BNC.

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1 have a read of things and then on the basis of what your informants tell you then you can sort of focus it a bit more on erm tt you know the stuff that er erm you know the stuff that comes out in the literature that 's particularly
2 ‘ Maybe you 're right ; I just wish he 'd show it a bit more .
3 That would dampen it a bit would n't it ?
4 With the best will in the world , it does n't matter how organised we are , we can improve it a bit .
5 Anything western was frowned upon , so I thought I 'd give it a bit of time before I got into my trousers and things .
6 Maybe she 'll give it a bit of a clean-up then . ’
7 ‘ I 'll give it a bit of a clean up .
8 He thought it would give it a bit of glamour .
9 I have n't got any , they wo , I could n't get any fresh parsley so I thought that might just give it a bit of colour , but I 've got dried parsley if you 'd rather use that .
10 And you think , Well hang on let's just do it a bit of common sense .
11 It gets hard work and er someone comes along and says well can we do it a bit quicker ?
12 I 'm prepared to pay but I 'll have to do it , just let me do it a bit a week .
13 Let's do it a bit faster , ready ?
14 I do n't know what you feel , do you think we should still subsidise it a bit ?
15 I think I 'll keep it a bit longer yet .
16 Can I just say colleagues before you , you second the motion , there is this hubbub again that 's growing , I mean it seems to go down and I do n't know perhaps it 's like the tide but can we try and keep it a bit lower , especially when colleagues are trying to make a speech from the rostrum .
17 Right , can we just move it a bit , cos we 've got to make the mixture we sort of have to do
18 And they 've given her something low in glucose and that you know to kind of try and stabilize it a bit .
19 They did n't say , as the teds did , I can only wear a drape They 'd mix it a bit , getting into biker stuff and cap-sleeved T-shirts .
20 We 'll take it a bit gradually to begin with .
21 So let's take it a bit slower .
22 with the bloke who we have it with and say can we have it a bit earlier .
23 You can read it a bit more easily .
24 ‘ I can relax it a bit , provided you 've got the general idea .
25 It 's sharp as a razor , a real hunting knife , but if you keep the sheath on you can hold it a bit .
26 " Herriot , dear boy , ca n't you vary it a bit ?
27 you should hide it a bit more than that
28 But the second one was to actually make it a bit of bloody exercise in marketing .
29 Them as who could make it a bit cheaper see , and all that .
30 ‘ maybe you and I could make it a bit bigger though . ’
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