Example sentences of "did [verb] a bit " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did make a bit of fuss about it and the nurse told me to stop moaning . |
| 2 | Her Majesty 's dogs did make a bit of a dent in the corgi image when one of them bit the Queen 's hand during a fight last year , but like King Charles the second and his spaniels , the Queen is inseparable from her corgis . |
| 3 | Eventually , I rang the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital and said I 'd got this botfly and really did need a bit of surgery , and they said ‘ Come along today . ’ |
| 4 | My head did n't hurt at all , although it did feel a bit light . |
| 5 | ‘ I did feel a bit ropey earlier in the week and a bug has been going around the club for sometime . |
| 6 | " I did feel a bit dry last night . |
| 7 | I did n't feel guilty about it , though I did feel a bit inadequate somehow . |
| 8 | ‘ But I did feel a bit funny afterwards because it was so early and I did n't remember seeing the man around the house before . |
| 9 | I did succeed a bit in keeping some degree of order , asking clarifying questions , and clearing up misunderstandings . |
| 10 | As this was something of a lovers ' lane , he had a good chance of catching a couple knobbing on the back seat And Steve , as I 'd already found out for myself , always did like a bit of voyeurism . |
| 11 | He was a diplomat , an arms dealer , a spy ( he did look a bit foreign ) . |
| 12 | The old man did look a bit shamefaced , however , but it was a worthless little triumph . |
| 13 | The battery on the ‘ bus ’ showed signs of dying and border guards were suspicious — I suppose my long telephoto lens did look a bit like an anti-tank gun ! |
| 14 | And the I had a look at it once , it did look a bit |
| 15 | When I badgered people , they had to admit that yes , I did look a bit like Eric Cantona . |
| 16 | Well he did look a bit like Andy Pandy did n't he ? |
| 17 | Oh it 's a job I do n't know ! weekend a day or two ago he did look a bit better tonight . |
| 18 | He did sound a bit Mummerset from time to time . |
| 19 | I did drop a bit of business into the pleasantries , like asking if there were likely to be any hand deliveries that morning . |
| 20 | Mine suffered from a lack of treble , and while I was n't disappointed overall , I did wonder a bit . |
| 21 | Maybe he did have a bit of something — cunning , animal cunning . |
| 22 | Though he did have a bit of a tan , unlike most of the men over here . |
| 23 | Well I did have a bit of lunch , yes |
| 24 | we did have a bit |
| 25 | Well it did take a bit of organization to get yourself to the end of the walk , erm with your your weekly rubbish or your daily rubbish , to get that put away . |
| 26 | Yes , I did go a bit towards the window and had a quick glance round . |
| 27 | I did put a bit in . |
| 28 | They always did taste a bit funny you know , did n't they ? |
| 29 | I did get a bit paranoid for a few months , stopped using the tube . |
| 30 | He usually travels well , but he did get a bit upset on the way back from the World Cup final in Gothenburg when we had a very rough crossing . |