Example sentences of "do a [adj] bit " in BNC.

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1 Or you 've done a tiny bit and you need something that 's not
2 Can we actually pause there cos you 've done a good bit of digging on that one .
3 He has done a little bit of manipulation here and there but overall it will not boost the economy .
4 They have done a little bit of redecorating , such as in the hallway where they put up a pretty floral paper with a wide matching border at dado level , and hung an original time recorder clock , made in Leeds and bought from an antique shop in Leigh-on-Sea .
5 you know maybe I am the sort of person they 're looking for who 's already done a little bit of surveying erm to join as a dogsbody and then over the two years or four years however long it does take erm you know slowly presumably you just get given more responsibilities .
6 some and I have done a little bit on AutoCad which is erm making maps and things
7 So the Government supports Percent for Art and I would have hoped that it would have at least done a little bit of er work little bit of homework and I would have hoped that those members that went to the Percent for Art seminar would have stood up and said something positive about what it 's about .
8 No , well we 've done a little bit .
9 ‘ Personally , I would liked to have done a little bit better in the Tests .
10 I 've done a little bit , yeah .
11 Go and ask Grandpa , oh you 've done a little bit of a poo poo
12 Conference , I think you can see that we in Grimsby , have done a little bit , we would like to do more , we support the composite , and we support the lady speakers that 've come up here today .
13 ‘ I have done a fair bit of business travelling to meetings in London , ’ said Mr Pilkington , who seizes the opportunity for more practice on train journeys appropriately since BR is sponsoring this year 's Times championship .
14 ‘ It 's fair to say that we liked the thought of it going to somewhere like Embsay , which does n't have any other big engines , because it will do a good bit of flag flying for us there . ’
15 A strong easterly wind when she comes out ; she 'll do a good bit o' rolling there , jumping about with the easterly wind , anywhere in the North Sea .
16 Bearing in mind the above information , it is always as well , when completing any design , to just do a quick bit of arithmetic before saving .
17 Perhaps we should do a little bit of matchmaking , ’ she suggested .
18 You can always do a little bit here and a little bit there to brighten it up . ’
19 Five million , or if , five million , we might do a little bit of reinsuring on that one , do n't quote me .
20 and also I can do a little bit of a fiddle
21 but it will not do a little bit
22 and I 'm just wondering if maybe , maybe we will just have to do a wee bit of work and try and get something on the go to see if somebody will
23 When they were younger he and Grandma had a little farm and I think that Grandma did not have an easy life with him and had to do a good bit of the farm work .
24 The thing is to do a little bit often . ’
25 You could go through again and you could put sodium instead of that M G but where you had things like M G O H twice you 'd just have N A O H so you 'd have a have to do a little bit of changing about .
26 Well think about it I mean there might be one , in which case we have to do a little bit er dancing around
27 So you 're gon na have to do a little bit of work , just a tiny bit tonight on one area which is your training objective for your session tomorrow .
28 So tonight you 're actually to do a little bit of discussion , and tonight , tomorrow morning , discussion with your colleague , to brief them in terms of what they need to do to fulfil that role .
29 That 's a I I had to do a little bit of er adaption work on the on the curtain rail put that on .
30 ‘ It is almost certainly the case you have to do a little bit extra because you are female but you do n't have to prove you are twice as good . ’
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