Example sentences of "for [adv] a bit " in BNC.
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| 1 | All that space , all that pomp , for just a bit of food . |
| 2 | I mean yes er as I said earlier on it 's just a question for for just a bit more obviously in the readings report th there is there is concern naturally with the by-passes in paragraph two five I mean I have n't had a chance to sort of looking up yet , and I 'd by grateful for County Executive 's advice on that and I thought we as a County Council had agreed a line erm for a by-pass through the West Sussex portion at least . |
| 3 | So I think I 'm asking for just a bit more , more talks and where there is a , a home or homes in a rural area that may be the only home in that area , so it is available to local people that Social Services come in and there in an understanding in planning authorities first and now the actual criteria we 're working on because most local people will think that home is for local people . |
| 4 | oh you it 's due for about a bit more then |
| 5 | I carry on walking for quite a bit . |
| 6 | The band plays for quite a bit . |
| 7 | I stay there for quite a bit , looking round and that , till it gets light . |
| 8 | We stare at each other for quite a bit — me and this pigeon . |
| 9 | I sit there for quite a bit , hunched up on the pavement . |
| 10 | This is going to be the last party for quite a bit . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Not another doctor — I 'd had enough of THAT doctor for quite a bit . ’ |
| 12 | The other catfish would also have to be left out , and there would be little scope for adding more fish later , but if you bear this in mind , you could create a comparable scene in a 36″ tank for quite a bit less outlay . |
| 13 | After being in ‘ Camelot ’ for quite a bit , and doing various other things like appearing in TV soap commercials , Phillip got his 2nd Big Break in showbiz . |
| 14 | The futuristic hopper calls for quite a bit of disguising . |
| 15 | Actually , Ms Onoue also seems likely to stack up for quite a bit short of a billion when it comes to payback time . |
| 16 | He 'd had to walk on for quite a bit after that and it was quite late in the day when it occurred to him that the villagers had probably been just having a joke with him and that they would no doubt be feeling anxious by then and starting to worry . |
| 17 | She suddenly became aware that she must have been thinking of Naylor Massingham for quite a bit of the journey , when she was all at once incredibly jolted by a question that flashed into her head out of nowhere . |
| 18 | The company came in for quite a bit of stick with their new version of the Escort and if the Mondeo had not been well received they could have been in real trouble . |
| 19 | they sold it for quite a bit of money and |
| 20 | They have come in for quite a bit of stick , particularly when they 've been dealing with rape cases . |