Example sentences of "a [adj] bits " in BNC.
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1 | Paul Glenfield 's remarkable run on the river continued when he was runner-up with a 4 lb 8 oz chub and a few bits taken on bread . |
2 | One three-month-old baby managed to talk its parents into sending Santa a letter asking for some clothes and a few bits for the cot . |
3 | And we 've quite a few bits and bobs of furnishing that your mother might find useful . |
4 | ‘ Technically , there were a few bits wrong with the swing that kept holding me back , ’ he said . |
5 | Touching to think that as we did so , the reality was probably a few bits of orange peel and a walker in a woollen hat eating a cheese sandwich . |
6 | The boat was blown to glory , nothing was ever found of it except for a few bits of debris , and to all intents and purposes both occupants were blown to glory with it . ’ |
7 | I would get a stocking with a few bits of things in when I was young and Grandma used to make a big cake with white icing , but that would be when Daddy was alive . |
8 | Time was that decor in a tank consisted of a backdrop , a gravel substrate and a few bits of rock from the back garden that you hoped were inert and would n't affect water chemistry . |
9 | ‘ Aah 've a few bits and pieces ti buy , but after that there 's nowt much in my line 'ere . ’ |
10 | And you know if we were able to commit ourselves to two public , two meetings , three meetings of some sort in a year where we 're actually gon na do something and present some sort of front Par part of presenting some sort of front is to try to sell a few bits of pieces if we 're prepared to accept that we 're going to lose money . |
11 | THE COUNTY now known simply as Lothian is an amalgamation of what used to be East Lothian , Midlothian , and West Lothian , with a few bits chipped off the edges here and there : for example , the little settlement of Stow with its packhorse bridge over the Gala Water was once in East Lothian but has now been lured into the Borders region . |
12 | Then I asked , as we were going to go from century to century , if I could be allowed to collect a few bits of paraphernalia as we went along — odd little items that had taken my fancy which would then turn up in other stories . |
13 | There 's a brand new Jag and a few bits of plant up there that need to be repossessed as quickly as possible . |
14 | Er Miss 's got a few bits for people there so could you make sure they get there 's some football letters to be given out I think . |
15 | This is not the place to explain logic , but there are a few bits of terminology which occur often in this subject which are not entirely standard . |
16 | I was really touched when all the McCarthys drove up with a few bits and pieces . |
17 | However , all the system manages to do is create 32Kb of High RAM ( D800-DFFF ) , load a few bits and pieces up there and leave me with 550Kb available in Conventional memory . |
18 | ‘ We 'll get a few bits and pieces , eh ? |
19 | However , the job had to be done , and our training asserting itself , we began to pic up a few bits and pieces . |
20 | She bought a few bits and pieces from the post office and was feeling thoroughly deflated by the time she got back to the house . |
21 | One chub in the following thirty minutes and I was back on the feeder , four good chub and a few bits followed , no more barbel , and I finished with a total weight of 14lb . |
22 | Just a few bits of timber really . " |
23 | and she brings back a few bits , not enough for a child . |
24 | The the problem that we did have , I mean my normal lecturing style until here in fact , was that I would just waffle y'know and generally do a few bits on the board and then carry on for an hour or two but the sh people were n't getting the notes down , that was the problem with that . |
25 | With just a few bits of metal and lots of imagination , Meccano addicts can build anything from a replica of Blackpool Tower to a Lancaster bomber . |
26 | Peter and Alma Jarvis have just a few bits and pieces left from their precious Maestro car … their lifeline with the world . |
27 | Of course , you will need a few bits and bobs to get started , but Pat can provide a list . |
28 | I 'll get a trolley , I 'll get a few bits , yeah . |
29 | He 's they 've opened an account with us and had a few bits and baps off us , so |
30 | just for a few bits and pieces and any extras and |