Example sentences of "have [vb pp] a bit " in BNC.
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| 1 | The controls are slow and unresponsive — let's face it , with the amount of platform beat-'em-ups around you 'd have thought the programmers would 've given a bit more care and attention to this aspect , not to mention the graphics , presentation … the game in general really . |
| 2 | ‘ What I meant was do you wish to pull in somewhere till this has eased a bit ? ’ |
| 3 | Also , with healthy deciduous trees , the leaves all come with great show every Spring and die off in the Autumn — but more come each successive year cos the tree has grown a bit so the foliage is thicker , more complex in structure — until it dies of course . |
| 4 | But he 's worked hard to adapt to the pace of things in England and because of that , his skill has suffered a bit . |
| 5 | But after seeing Celtic sensationally overturn a two-goal deficit against Cologne and Stuttgart land in the dock for fielding too many foreigners against Leeds , Francis said : ‘ Their League has suffered a bit from an exodus of top stars to Italy . |
| 6 | The movie business has turned a bit more reticent about the art world since Glimcher 's folly . |
| 7 | Standing sex has had a bit of a bad press — mainly because it tends to be used for illicit love-making by young couples who have no bedroom to go to . |
| 8 | I look in the same direction to account for the charming note ‘ Granovsky has got a bit out of hand ’ . |
| 9 | Maybe we are like a photocopy of God that got a bit crumpled and smudged as it came out of the machine so that his image in us has got a bit spoilt , but that does not alter the fact that every person has something of God about them . |
| 10 | With that we 'll see if we 've got any more it 's er , have to go down here which has got a bit of light , still some birds moving around and the birds calling , go and check the nests now . |
| 11 | So that 's the background of why I 'm giving this as long retired er tax inspector the mean , my own department has got a bit mean . |
| 12 | But I think trick or treat itself , maybe has got a bit perhaps distorted from what one might imagine the American idea originally was . |
| 13 | No but he has got a bit of an accent . |
| 14 | he has got a bit of a belly on him actually |
| 15 | Mm , and they 're always going to say yes are n't they , unless they 're a reasonable human being and has got a bit of money they can use . |
| 16 | But this plea has worn a bit thin . |
| 17 | In recent days that particular visualization has become a bit more sophisticated . |
| 18 | These cases are an indication of the liberal attitude currently being taken by the courts , which have obviously recognised that the old saying that a security on a dwelling is ‘ as safe as houses ’ has become a bit of a mockery . |
| 19 | It has become a bit tiresome of late . |
| 20 | The series has become a bit of a cult in the UK , with Victor becoming much better known than the actor who plays him , Richard Wilson . |
| 21 | Mind you he has become a bit of an opinionated arsehole recently … more like Jonathan King , or Nina Myskow — y'know being deliberately contentious to get people to write in . |
| 22 | As long as the controls are there to make sure they 're not wandering around all over the place which one hears about Group 4 and their reputation for letting people go which has become a bit of a joke . |
| 23 | It keeps walking straight ahead even after it has found a bit of food . |
| 24 | The Arkansas Governor , Bill ‘ Slick Willie ’ Clinton , has outpandered California 's ex-Governor Jerry ‘ Moonbeam ’ Brown by a whisker , has spoken a bit more sense with a bit less pizzazz and conviction , and looks set to scoop a big enough bundle of votes to guarantee him the nomination — unless he falls victim to further scandal or Democratic Party fixers impose a ‘ brokered convention ’ to find a last-ditch candidate . |
| 25 | It appears that my letter concerning Macca for Rangers has caused a bit of a rumpus . |
| 26 | Dad has gone a bit funny about sex . |
| 27 | ‘ The company has shrunk a bit since the move , ’ says Phil Longden , 33 , an applications programmer with the company since 1986 . |
| 28 | Lake , who is getting out , has taken a bit of a battering and feels that her spontaneous outpourings the other day were probably misconstrued . |
| 29 | Lake , who is getting out , has taken a bit of a battering and feels that her spontaneous outpourings the other day were probably misconstrued . |
| 30 | One of the reputations that has taken a bit of a bashing is Sigismond Thalberg 's . |