Example sentences of "he [vb past] a bit " in BNC.
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| 1 | But 'e made a bit o' Welsh rarebit after some coaxing. 'E 's not as incapable as 'e looks , I 've come to 't conclusion . " |
| 2 | ‘ Aah could wish 'e looked a bit stronger . ’ |
| 3 | He made a bit of a thing of bending down to pick up his bags , anxious to hide his confusion . |
| 4 | But erm , so she got erm she , he made a bit of money I think , I think I went rash and put a fiver on . |
| 5 | He made a bit of eight inch wire , like er a U piece , and the bar at , bottom bar of the U held the tail so if the springs broke the tails did n't duck under and smash the cam . |
| 6 | He became a bit morose for a while a bit inside himself which is fairly natural under the circumstances I suppose . |
| 7 | Well the eldest lad was alright , but the middle lad he became a bit of a problem |
| 8 | ‘ He got a bit greedy . |
| 9 | And on the Dixon fight , the British , European and Commonwealth champion said : ‘ I gave him a taste but he got a bit feisty by trying to hit me back and I took him out . |
| 10 | He got a bit hot . ’ |
| 11 | In short , he got a bit obsessed with the whole thing and he could n't accept the decision not to pursue it further . |
| 12 | ‘ He got a bit upset when the bowels did n't work and let me know it , ’ he recalls . |
| 13 | But he got a bit carried away … |
| 14 | He he er , he he got a bit humpy ! |
| 15 | He got a bit flushed though . |
| 16 | So after that he got a bit cocky . |
| 17 | And then when he got a bit more money we thought he were too big for his shoes . |
| 18 | He sucked a bit of juice from one of his fingers and tried to think of something to say . |
| 19 | In the cell he shouted a bit to bring them back , but only got shouted at in his turn by two drunken fellow inmates . |
| 20 | Mm , cos mum had Reverend come round , you see cos dad were n't , none of us were religious least of all dad , he could n't do none of it , so we said to , we did n't , we did n't know what vicar to choose cos none of us go to church so me mum said dad used to go to the church where me sister got married to the little Derby and Jones twice a week and Reverend is always there so mum said we 'll have him , dad got on well with him , he liked him , he knew dad , anyway he come round to see mum and I were n't there cos I had to go and sign on , I bloody wished I had been , anyway she said , she told him all about dad and she said I want you tell everybody how brave he was in the war and what a good father he were and a good provider and how he lived for his grandchildren and so on and so on , she said I do n't want no hymns I just want his own organ music all through the service and nothing else and just some , do a couple of prayers , she , so he said right the Lords Prayer will be fine that 'll be nice , well he never said nothing , he said I did n't know John but he said I 've been told he was a good man , he worked in a hospital , which he did , but I mean you 're only like an engineer we were n't really emphasising on that and that was all he said , he played a bit of the organ music before we went in , a bit as we come out and there was about eight bloody prayers and the songs and everything read out and made us sing a hymn ever so disappointed , hardly said anything , hardly play , played his music , no , I was well disappointed about that |
| 21 | His fellow-curates found him liable to vast silences , during which he twisted a bit of cotton with the fingers of both hands . |
| 22 | We had a few drinks and all thought he seemed a bit of a laugh so we asked him to come back to the shop with us and have a bit of a sing . |
| 23 | But he seemed a bit tight-lipped about it . |
| 24 | ‘ Mmm … he seemed a bit quiet , ’ said Mervyn . |
| 25 | ‘ I did pop round for a chat with him earlier this evening and I thought he seemed a bit jumpy . |
| 26 | Francis , hands thrust deep into his trouser pockets , said : ‘ I thought he seemed a bit queer at lunch but I did n't expect it to come to this … ’ |
| 27 | ‘ He seemed a bit of a playboy to me , ’ said McPhee . |
| 28 | Yeah , but he seemed a bit more like a normal fifteen , sixteen year old |
| 29 | The company also insisted that he learnt a bit about the business he would soon be running , sending him to work in the busy Birmingham store for a month . |
| 30 | He added a bit . |