Example sentences of "they [vb past] a bit " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah , it was erm you did n't have to go that far out but they ha they owned a bit of land and stuff |
| 2 | When they got a bit older . |
| 3 | The chemistry text books ch And the physics changed , they got a bit more what you would call mathematic mathematical . |
| 4 | ‘ I think that they got a bit carried away , ’ she laughs , ‘ I 'm not sure why they went for that word exactly . |
| 5 | they got a bit closer than Dewsbury though |
| 6 | The same thing , if somebody 's annoying you like that , ignore them like I said , I do n't mean I wo n't just let them sit there I 'll touch my brakes a couple of times perhaps do the old bit with the mirror and like I said , normally if they 're if they 're responsible drivers that have just happened , they got a bit close then maybe they 'll drop back as I 've done |
| 7 | They made a bit more fuss soon afterwards when Erich Honecker , the former East German leader , was whisked out of a Soviet military hospital in the east and flown to Moscow , beyond the reach of German prosecutors . |
| 8 | ‘ Nothing , except they made a bit of a stir ; their disappearance did . |
| 9 | She tried her legs next , and they moved a bit within the straps , but her boots prevented her from pulling her legs through the loops . |
| 10 | Well it was part of their course I think , I , they did n't they paid the full cost of it , they contributed a bit , but I think Colin stood |
| 11 | They seemed a bit obvious with their red leaves . |
| 12 | ‘ And the keys , they came a bit pricey , I ‘ m afraid . |
| 13 | He thought they deserved a bit of cash . |
| 14 | Yes , well , I mean I 'm very happy to be able to agree totally with that erm , people who make the laws are n't the people who suffer from the the physical , and matters might be a great deal better if erm , they paid a bit more attention , I do hope that he would agree however , erm , that police officers who are female also have a good effect on the streets , because he was acting as if erm , it was only the male person who were any use , and I 'm sure that is not so . |
| 15 | They paid a bit and the Railway paid a bit . |
| 16 | They talked a bit in whispers , then the other bloke , Dan Pearson , gave Blackbeard a letter , which he put in his wallet . |
| 17 | They talked a bit more , but Harry was tiring quickly . |
| 18 | They talked a bit longer until some other people went to the bar and Wickham took the chance to get away . |
| 19 | Every young ram in the village had hung about the place , hunting for what they called a bit of moss . |
| 20 | It said in my book just tidy them up if you , you know , if they needed a bit of tidying up . |
| 21 | Er they watched they watched a bit of Spot and a bit of Paddington . |
| 22 | Yes they do they it 's it 's yeah they they liked to sort of erm I think they felt a bit shy in the beginning and yet you know |
| 23 | Although Peter my friend 's he , he did that but er it did n't come to much , they 'd 've saved it or something , one job , cos he was made redundant about three times and er one , one place he was at they 're supposed to have kept it and paying him it now but I do n't know how they came about that bu because actually they we played him a dirty trick , they persuaded him to leave his job and then about nine years or probably less than that later you know and he was out again , redundant and , you know , I think they felt a bit guilty but he only gets about five pounds a week from , off that one , which is |
| 24 | " And they miscalculated a bit ? " |
| 25 | If we score got a chance and we had the chances to score first half , did n't take them obviously and we get the goal , right time , they went a bit nervous , and we went on did n't we — we could have won it . |
| 26 | I , yeah , I drove up , up there and back , like , my leg do n't ache , they ached a bit at a time , but that , you know that bone you get , each side of your keep your thumb there , you 've got that bone , underneath there 's a bone there , you might , or the bottom bone that you 'll sit on , you know when you sit still you get that bone . |
| 27 | They looked a bit sheepish as they answered . |
| 28 | We only saw the adult shearwaters at sea and they looked a bit like a small Manx shearwater , but with a brownish tinge to the upper parts . |
| 29 | but there was in the coal , well they looked a bit heavy on the wall |
| 30 | No I just thought they looked a bit short that was all if you were |