Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] for a bit " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ No , I was just lookin' for a bit more money , honest , ’ gasped Dolly , the knife a hideous threat . |
| 2 | ‘ Just going for a bit of a hit , Malcolm , ’ he called , as they went past the sick bay . |
| 3 | We 'd sit around chatting for a bit then go on to whatever was happening that evening . |
| 4 | And erm and then like , he went back in after we 'd finished playing and me and Scott carried on playing for a bit and then erm what was he going ? |
| 5 | They carry on arguing for a bit , then Peter hits the cymbal again . |
| 6 | So the dream becomes a symbolic expression of this conflict and what very often happens is the there 's a kind of compromise in which you go off and look for the bathroom or the drink of water or whatever it is you want , but the dream keeps postponing you finding it , in order to lengthen the dream and the state of sleep , so you go on sleeping for a bit longer . |