Example sentences of "had [adv] a bit " in BNC.
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| 1 | Men had n't a bit of sense when it came to personal relationships . |
| 2 | With almost all the farms having stock on them for 365 days , and with wives restricted in the heavy work they could do , most men had quite a bit to do when they returned from work . |
| 3 | Oh yes , Lemon had quite a bit up top , he should imagine , and all concealed under the cap and bells . |
| 4 | So what , elder children had res had quite a bit of responsibility ? |
| 5 | ‘ Our final position showed that we had quite a bit of initiative and stamina . |
| 6 | He had quite a bit on Harvey , a Kennedy Catholic who had been ‘ the good friend ’ of the late Emma Kerr . |
| 7 | ‘ We had quite a bit of success . |
| 8 | Non-existent until about I should n't think there was an a bus did come to the bottom of Road , I ca n't remember what was , it must have been about nineteen twenty I suppose something like that , it used to go to the bottom of Road and turn round there , but I never er my mother always used to say you 'd ruin the trade , the trade down well I do n't believe it did really er now I think the lack of transport now you 've hit something there , lack of transport there encouraged people to shop in Green rather to go down the town cos you could get anything off Green you know , you just think you 'd ju you , you smiled about the er butcher 's shops , the grocer 's shops , the cake shops , you could get the gents , you could get anything on Green the ironmonger shop , you need n't go anywhere else but , when they started transport er yes I think the buses had quite a bit gradually cos things that , you do n't think get things happening in this country overnight I mean , they grow on you do n't they ? |
| 9 | She had quite a bit of work done . |
| 10 | Had quite a bit recently . |
| 11 | So that 's why I 've been rather , er , you know , had quite a bit of ex experience in the court . |
| 12 | Fareda , I 'd like to come back to you because you said that you had quite a bit of information from people currently in Kuwait . |