Example sentences of "would [verb] a bit " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would have been too sad to think about had she not met two apprehensive Wrens : Lucinda and Jane , kids hardly out of their gymslips who would need a bit of looking after . |
| 2 | She left the other kipper for Oliver , but decided that she would wait a bit longer before she went to fetch him . |
| 3 | But I would feel a bit snidey pretending that I do n't know them . ’ |
| 4 | This is followed by a horizontally scrolling scene featuring a dragon flying over a rocky landscape ( it would look a bit silly if it were cycling over it ) . |
| 5 | A few facts ( checkable for truth ) on cash from vehicles and cash for roads would inject a bit of realism into this issue . |
| 6 | For couples who currently use condoms regularly and would like a bit of a change , I 'd say these things are ideal . |
| 7 | What I had n't expected was the reaction we got here today which is that erm whilst there are smiling dis , he 's smiling now , there are smiling districts who might be pleased to be named as areas in which a major exception might be accommodated and I had n't expected the others would like a bit of it if there was one going too . |
| 8 | At the end of the case people would see a bit of film of the child sitting on the drawing-room sofa between his parents who never took their eyes from him during the interview . |
| 9 | The only reason they were going there was because they could be pretty sure that one or other of her brothers would not be up there and Maura would have a bit of privacy . |
| 10 | He looked at me as though he was trying to work out which part of me he would take a bit out of . |
| 11 | And sometimes his hand would creep a bit higher , and then when I was near fit to burst with joy he 'd stop his tickling and say : ‘ Ay , but I should n't do that , should I ? |
| 12 | If only Prince would acquire a bit of self-discipline , he could channel that talent and produce consistently first-rate soul records . ’ |
| 13 | Well I think there 's the stretching of it you see , I mean wire w after a certain time it would stretch a bit |
| 14 | As powerful as drawing description files can be , they would get a bit unworkable if faced with , say , a colour photograph of a budgerigar . |
| 15 | ‘ Sure , they would get a bit as well , God love them . |
| 16 | I know I would get a bit excited if if I was on T V. |
| 17 | These criticisms are , in many respects , justified although it would seem a bit far-fetched for historians to believe that the Labour Party , even in alliance with the Communist Party , could have forced a National government with an overwhelming parliamentary majority , to have capitulated to external pressure . |
| 18 | Old ships never die and doubtless she is still knocking around the East Coast , though I suppose old Payne may have made his last port by now I should be interested in an oil painting on canvas , or board ( which I suppose would come a bit cheaper ! ! ) showing her beating around the Foreland under sail in fairly heavy weather , say Force 6 … ’ |
| 19 | To see how I would handle a bit of academic incompetence ? |
| 20 | It would help a bit if we had a sailor around . ’ |
| 21 | Faster prosecutions would help a bit ; but even if current delays were halved , they would still be too long to justify preventive detention . |
| 22 | If you say that a freely-floating body — and the weights would help a bit there , because they 'd keep it under water and out of any wind — moves down on the ebb at an average of a bit under two knots , you 'd not be far wrong . |