Example sentences of "give it a bit " in BNC.

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1 Anything western was frowned upon , so I thought I 'd give it a bit of time before I got into my trousers and things .
2 Maybe she 'll give it a bit of a clean-up then . ’
3 ‘ I 'll give it a bit of a clean up .
4 He thought it would give it a bit of glamour .
5 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 .
6 Give it a bit more . ’
7 Remember how she said ‘ duck ’ at ten months , then remained totally silent — until at the age of two she said in a conversational tone , ‘ What a big fat duck , give it a bit of bread ’ ?
8 Give it a bit longer , we 're all enjoying ourselves , he thought .
9 Give it a bit of warmth when they 're sitting right
10 Give it a bit more room .
11 need to know , need to know , I do n't know mum , I could n't tell you just erm stick it on before you go to bed just give it a bit of time to take the chill of it , alright , bye You can if you wish discard everything that 's just been said I mean my mother 's trying to book my holiday which does n't surprise me , , but then again she usually tries to anyway , where you going ? , what you doing ? , who you going with ? right , I shall tell you now the exam questions shall I ? , what do you want to know ?
12 Just give it a bit of a paint and it 'll be well away .
13 However , I 'm not too impressed by the pickups and need some replacements to give it a bit more OOMPH .
14 I want to give it a bit of a rest now and I 'm trying to leave it as long as possible before I have it permed again .
15 Headquarters personnel were pressed into this defence , in Peter Young 's words , ‘ to give it a bit of depth ’ .
16 Meredith told him twice to give it a bit more blood and thunder , but it was n't in him .
17 Quigley stopped , clearly expecting her to give it a bit of movement , but , instead , she went into a sort of mammoth clench .
18 Well , if you put a , just hit it down a little bit , I got , probably wo n't get through , but if you hit it down a little bit to give it a bit of spin it might carry it through .
19 to give it a bit of something to help us to move it
20 It was a a well pitched up ball , I like , I like love Tufnell when he gives it a bit of a , on the off stump .
21 He picked up the envelope and gave it a bit of a shake .
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