Example sentences of "to make a bit " in BNC.
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| 1 | My mind went back a couple of months to when Charlie 'd asked me if I 'd like to make a bit on the side . |
| 2 | Betjeman always loathed Lewis thereafter , though as they got older they both tried to make a bit of a joke about it . |
| 3 | ‘ Simon ’ , a BBC producer , had lent him recording equipment to make a bit of a programme out of this endeavour . |
| 4 | ‘ I do n't blame them for trying to make a bit of cash , but it gets ridiculous when they insult you for refusing to pay for something you did n't want doing , ’ fumes Mel , 39 . |
| 5 | You 're just in time to make a bit of pastry against tomorrow . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Obviously someone was out to make a bit of exposure from it . |
| 7 | I think it 's possible to make a bit of money but at at at the rate you know I feel we 're all the time putting the cart before the horse . |
| 8 | I did anything I could at home when the children were small to make a bit of money . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ But Oliver , ’ I said , trying to make some sense of the story , and also trying to make a bit of a joke of it at the same time , ‘ Is n't it traditional to give flowers to a girl when you arrive rather than after you 've left ? ’ |
| 10 | Well if you do everybody tends to make a bit of a fuss about it . |
| 11 | I did n't pay the Africa lady anything but I ought to make a bit for Uncle Jim . |
| 12 | Perhaps we just need a little more water to make a bit more lather . |
| 13 | Far better that workers adopt an ‘ I ’ m all right Jack ’ mentality coupled with the chance to make a bit on the side than that they go on strike and make demands for higher wages in their main jobs . |
| 14 | The only difference her success made was that she thought her an incompetent fool who was lucky enough to make a bit of money . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Look , Caro , if you want to stay here , you 've got to make a bit of an effort to fit in . |
| 16 | Erm it is a social gathering and whether people get er , er get rooked er , they get done or whether they get a bargain or whatever happens , they , they seem to enjoy it , but nevertheless it 's done according to whether you want to make money , the person owning the land wants to make a bit of money , there are a number of entrepeneurs who actually arrange and the middleman who actually goes round booking up the sites and so when you 're talking about charity a charity will get it organised for you by an entre , entrepeneur and then there 's the er the er the traders themselves , some of whom may be purely independent , some the , some may be obviously dealing with that ta erm that kind of aspect which is not exactly possibly legal . |
| 17 | All she 'd done was to make a bit of polite conversation ! |
| 18 | It 's the quickest way to make a bit . |
| 19 | oh to make a bit of money |
| 20 | in my book we have to make a bit like that look . |