Example sentences of "have [vb pp] a little bit " in BNC.

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1 He has done a little bit of manipulation here and there but overall it will not boost the economy .
2 DENNIS SKINNER , the Bolsover MP who has terrorised generations of ministers from his place below the gangway , has made a little bit of history this week .
3 ‘ It 's fine in the Ryder Cup , although that has got a little bit out of hand when nerves are stretched like the note of a piano .
4 Hugh Hefner has devoted a little bit of Playboy to his new bride , Kimberley .
5 Erm where it has lost a little bit of the quality of the lighting is round the base .
6 Well it was a wee bit under because I was only an office clerk , I , I was n't the junior but by then had come there and there were other , other clerks , some girls who 'd come into the office and I 'd got a little bit of step up you see and took over a little bit more important work , erm , I did just before I went in the Army have a dabble at erm running times , that was preparing the schedules for buses .
7 And you 'd got a little bit of plaster you , you could show the court the next morning , he was going to prison .
8 If you 'd , if you 'd had a little bit yourself you would n't , you would n't have smelt it .
9 Des Little the signing from Swansea has been rested because er Frank Clarke felt he 'd lost a little bit of confidence in Forest 's poor start to the season .
10 I thought , I 'd like him to think that I 'd improved a little bit .
11 The streets may not have been nearly so safe as nostalgia for ‘ Old England ’ suggests , but it is likely that if working-class youths had been firing off guns throughout London , then we would have heard a little bit more about the matter .
12 In retrospect , I would probably have saved a little bit more , but there it is — I did manage to save a little bit anyway .
13 Well having seen a little bit erm was on the other day and I I mean I I must admit I touch shut up you !
14 So in the long run I think his objectivity may have helped a little bit .
15 Just like to , we should have had a little bit of discussion there but we 're moving quickly .
16 Danger — AAW always makes it clear what 's going on , but splitting a command into two by asking ‘ with what ? ’ might have worked a little bit better but then again , you ca n't have it all can you ?
17 I think Jimi would have changed a little bit , though , because he was always into change .
18 And yet , I 'm quite sure that as they got nearer and nearer to Bethlehem their feelings would have changed a little bit .
19 ‘ Personally , I would liked to have done a little bit better in the Tests .
20 It seems to have happened a little bit quicker than planned , ’ he joked .
21 We 've heard a little bit of , about the Three-Ninetieth Group and we could go on and on because it certainly is indeed er historic organization .
22 No , well we 've done a little bit .
23 I 've done a little bit , yeah .
24 Go and ask Grandpa , oh you 've done a little bit of a poo poo
25 ‘ No , I 've got a little bit , but I do n't want to waste it on a hotel .
26 Once you 've got a little bit of a base , you 'll be able to get going again .
27 The thing with me and with ‘ Crooksy ’ [ Garth Crooks , his friend ] as well is that , if you 're black in a small community where there are n't too many blacks and you 've got a little bit of stile , then you can not go wrong .
28 Okay , so they may ask you to use something which you have n't necessarily had to do before so that they 're really all that the examiner 's testing is that you 've got a little bit of nous , a little bit of savvy and with what you 've got available you can improvise a dressing or use the dressing in a sensible manner so that your casualty 's comfortable and you 're doing the best you can for them , okay ?
29 I think you 've got a little bit careful with lots of our jobs which have got
30 It 's going to cost you under thirty eight pounds , so I 've got a little bit of wei , leeway if I made a few mistakes .
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