Example sentences of "[modal v] have [verb] a bit " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm also as far as the husband 's back trouble was concerned , I f I felt that perhaps you should 've got a bit more information about the fact that he was going for tests next week at the hospital . |
| 2 | Yeah , and I said erm , and I said that were n't , if that was n't enough I said bearing in mind he 'd just come out of intensive care off a life support machine , I said and which I think that , that tells us that he needs a bit of extra care compared to some of them on the ward , I said I know they 're all important and I know you 're busy but I said I think you should 've had a bit of priority , he was dying , and you know he 's dying , you 'd been told , she said yes that 's right , I said but what really broke my bloody heart was from one o'clock that dinner time he sat in that chair , we left that hospital at half past eight and you assured us he 'd go to bed and when we came in the next morning at half past ten Joy he sat there exactly the bloody same , in the same filthy blanket and the same catheter on him , oh I went fucking mad and I said how dare you , I said because somebody 's told they 're dying does that mean they 've got to be forgot ? |
| 3 | ‘ He should have done a bit of minding years ago . ’ |
| 4 | We scored an away goal and then two at home , and I feel perhaps we should have done a bit better . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ We scored an away goal and two at home and I feel we should have done a bit better . |
| 6 | She should have done a bit more than that actually . |
| 7 | Perhaps I should have put a bit more water into my late night whisky ? |
| 8 | I can see that this would have given you a problem finding a rhyme for ‘ by ’ , but you should have tried a bit harder . |
| 9 | But it was solid silver — and the inscription must have cost a bit as well . |
| 10 | I thought he must have gone a bit ga-ga but there was no harm so I went up to my room and did my hair a bit . |
| 11 | Because I suppose I must have appeared a bit untrustworthy , thought Caspar , what with working for the Gruagach and everything . |
| 12 | Nick had his sunglasses on , he must have looked a bit touched . |
| 13 | ‘ He must have remembered a bit . ’ |
| 14 | Well she must have paid a bit off . |
| 15 | Elizabeth Titford , the mother , must have needed a bit of Christian faith herself as she grew older and struggled to live through the hard times which were a mark of the 1820s with its long and painful inflation . |
| 16 | ‘ Must have sunk a bit of booze yesterday . ’ |
| 17 | Old Charlie must have had a bit of a penchant for potholing judging by the amount of time he spent in every rock crevice north of Carlisle , but I prefer to suspend my scepticism and believe that the great man did indeed peel off his powdered wig and roll out a sleeping-bag in all the places that maps and local handouts would have us believe . |
| 18 | Having trouble with both these pens today , I left them in the car last night , I think they must have got a bit cold . |
| 19 | ‘ Look son , you 'll have to act a bit more positively . |
| 20 | I want you for the West End after your six weeks in the sticks , and you 'll have to have a bit of bosom . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ We will be playing posh venues , nearly all theatres around Britain , so I 'll have to look a bit posh . ’ |
| 22 | I 'll have to work a bit harder to make up for lost time when I get there . |
| 23 | ‘ I thought we might have looked a bit stiff 'cos it was n't our usual type of audience . ’ |
| 24 | But yes , I grant you that might have seemed a bit odd to the members if it had n't been explained properly . ’ |
| 25 | Looking back , there have been occasions when I might have had a bit more foresight , particularly when this chap rang me from Newcastle one day raving about this brilliant young footballer he wanted me to look after . |
| 26 | you do n't know the full story , she might have had a bit of a |
| 27 | ‘ Of course we might have to deduct a bit to replace my trolleys . ’ |
| 28 | that you could have done a bit more last year |
| 29 | Erm you asked about the cottage and the amounts , yeah there was you could have asked a bit more perhaps about the tax there but otherwise you 're very good . |
| 30 | Perhaps I could have had a bit of a chat to him . ’ |