Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pers pn] [art] bit " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You realise he hates me every bit as much as he hates your father ? ’ |
| 2 | That worries me a bit , and yet having |
| 3 | no I 'm afraid there 'll be no footpath there , in fact , it hurts me a bit that because they 're cutting straight , they 're cutting along in line with that pub public |
| 4 | It 's just a training log that 's linked up with the job spec , formalizes it a bit more . |
| 5 | Yes , what concerns me a bit about surrogacy is someone was saying earlier that people will pay for what they want , but what if what comes is n't what they want ? |
| 6 | Television was a marvellous thing , it shows you a bit on life , you 'd never know all these things otherwise . |
| 7 | The other one bullies him a bit |
| 8 | And then it cuts it every bit down into cent ce cent cent centimetres you know ? |
| 9 | It scares me a bit , but I still hold onto her hands . |
| 10 | It scares me a bit to tell the truth . |
| 11 | It takes me a bit to remember where I am . |
| 12 | Aye they did although it takes me a bit of time to think about it but erm they did have a a er a black book , aye . |
| 13 | The thing with this , the thing that puzzles me a bit er |
| 14 | Erm it 's just that it throws you a bit if you 've learnt them that way . |
| 15 | functions it sort of throws you a bit . |
| 16 | Her mistress having died , she adopted us , not we her , about 5 weeks ago , and though our old cat finds her a bit of a trial he does seem somewhat rejuvenated by her presence . |
| 17 | erm I 'd like to be able to present something in front of me which prompts me a bit better than I do at the moment I tend to get lost in what 's in front of me . |
| 18 | I know he said it in anger but you do n't even say things in anger if you do n't feel them and that really bothers me a bit . |
| 19 | well , the , I think it tells you a bit does n't it ? , it means |
| 20 | It 's also good I think for , for cricket in general that he 's got a pitch that helps him a bit on the fifth day and that 's how it should be . |
| 21 | The big Kulak that goes everywhere with her looked at her , then at me , then gives me a bit o' paper . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ It always gives me a bit of a turn to see a nun driving a car . ’ |
| 23 | Cos I can travel three hundred miles on my own at night so you know it just gives me a bit of safeguard . |
| 24 | Well , you know , practically , the governor or the head you see , he knows what he 's got ta work , but erm , I , I know because the lads do n't , but he generally tells them well I wan na work so and so and he gives me a bit of paper with the horses names on wants galloping . |
| 25 | cos that way it gives me a bit more incentive , it gives me an idea of how it 's looking |
| 26 | All Americans go Eh Nine o'clock tomorrow I 'm going over to Kate ten thirty that gives me a bit of lee-way I 've got a at ten I thought it was ten thirty I ought to get some money out really You 're not going into Woking tomorrow morning are you doing your quiz ? |
| 27 | They say they like the sound of singing , which gives them a bit of a boost at the beginning of the day . ’ |
| 28 | I said well it gives them a bit of panache do n't it ? |
| 29 | But no , it 's only because he reminds me a bit of him , that gloomy bit , that deep bit , that bit that dominated when his head sank into his shoulders and his mouth turned down and the light went from his eyes , that bit that took over when he resisted and turned inwards and moped . |
| 30 | It reminds me a bit of Wittgenstein 's account of how a child might be trained in the practice of ‘ narration of past events ’ : |