Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] for a bit " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , when they came in , he came up to see me for a bit . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm told they might need me for a bit of PR work , but basically I gather I 'm going to be the technician permanently with the team . ’ |
| 3 | He wo n't need it for a bit if this weather goes on . |
| 4 | ‘ Oh , skip it for a bit ! |
| 5 | They passed two landings , Gordon following her with majestic tread , but faster than one might expect , since although he had lost time in hanging up his raincoat in the hall , he reached the door first , and opened it without any kind of announcement , and Edward was standing , with his back to them at first , thinner and smaller than she remembered , but then she always made the mistake when she had n't seen him for a bit — he turned round , protesting , and it was Edward . |
| 6 | Not to say , ‘ I ca n't do it or I ca n't remember it ’ , but stop it for a bit and then go back to it , and then you 'll find you 've got it . |
| 7 | Yeah I mean she for a bit she was the party was n't she ? |
| 8 | There 's a man and a woman sitting at a table by the window , and I watch them for a bit . |
| 9 | I watch them for a bit , but they do n't win nothing . |
| 10 | I watch them for a bit . |
| 11 | ‘ I thought it would be best if Mr Challow were to help you for a bit , Miss Broome , ’ said Mervyn , ‘ while he 's getting settled down , that is . ’ |
| 12 | The smoke sort of hangs in blue layers above the bed and I watch it for a bit . |
| 13 | There 's a fag end on the ground by my eye and I watch it for a bit . |
| 14 | I shall keep it for a bit longer Clare |
| 15 | ‘ Naturally we 're hoping that you 'll continue to use your skills on the front line , so to speak , but the advertising department are hoping to use you for a bit of company PR . |
| 16 | Or it could be that they would be appropriate for the reception area in one of the factories , or we might give one to a distributor and say , here you are , this you know , put this in if you 've got the right sort of area and would like to use it for a bit , stick it in there . |
| 17 | And can you join me for a bit of breaking and entering some time this evening ? " |
| 18 | and we were saying last year we could of done with having him for a bit |
| 19 | ‘ I 'd heard him for a bit by then . |
| 20 | I took you for a bit of a rogue , but maybe you 're just a fool . |
| 21 | I do n't really understand what he 's doing , but it 's OK to watch him for a bit . |
| 22 | I try it for a bit — you know , pretending that I 'm all frozen , but someone on a bike comes down the path and I got to move to get out the way . |
| 23 | I try it for a bit , thinking real hard about walking . |
| 24 | I think I 'll stop using it for a bit . |
| 25 | ‘ Leave me for a bit , Billy , ’ she says with her back to me , so I go out and sit on my bed . |
| 26 | Probably supported you for a bit once you were in the water . ’ |
| 27 | Yes , every now and then the temptation to do something sort of very cool and very sort of ten point Univers and you do it for a bit , and you 've done it and then you use some proper faces instead . |
| 28 | I hang round by him , watching him for a bit . |
| 29 | Now let Clare stir it for a bit and then let Amy have a turn , but do n't slop it every where , or else you wo n't have a . |
| 30 | I teased him for a bit that I did n't get it , it went for so much . |