Example sentences of "about a bit " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know he mucks about a bit , but he 's a good lad really . |
| 2 | Why worry about a bit of radiation ? |
| 3 | What I would like is for us to be able to poke about a bit ; see if there are any angles in the Livesey case that might lead back to this girl . |
| 4 | ‘ What about a bit of prick and bum , too ? ’ said Robyn . |
| 5 | Henry stuck his lower lip out and in an uncouth voice , said : ‘ How about a bit of sex ? ’ |
| 6 | So how about a bit of praise for this endearing fish ? |
| 7 | ‘ You 'll have to hang about a bit ’ |
| 8 | She goes about a bit — English women are a bit different from Canadians , you know , Hank . ’ |
| 9 | Instead , it plonks them down on the gravel path and lets them knock about a bit . |
| 10 | He disapproves of the whole superstar DJ scene , however : ‘ At the end of the day it 's only about a bit of plastic — people should n't wet their knickers about it . |
| 11 | ‘ That was a shock , too , and I suppose I wandered about a bit about a bit aimlessly before having a quick breakfast . |
| 12 | She moved her mouth about a bit to see if she could find her tongue . |
| 13 | I do n't mean they were just knocked about a bit … they were smashed , stitches and a fractured jaw for one , severe abdominal bruising for the other . |
| 14 | ‘ How about a bit of jugged hare or perhaps a nice plump breast of chicken , ’ she said , knowing full well that such delicacies were beyond the reach of the poor worker . |
| 15 | ‘ Nothing daft about a bit of discipline , ’ said Joe . |
| 16 | Excalibur Technologies Corp , which moves about a bit and is now headquartered in San Diego , has begun shipping its PixTex/EFS 3.0 document imaging software to a much broadened list of machines , including Sun Microsystems Inc Sparcstations , Hewlett-Packard Co HP 9000 Series 700s , IBM Corp RS/6000 , and Digital Equipment Corp Ultrix , VAX/VMS and Alpha AXP/Open VMS servers with Windows , X Window and Macintosh clients . |
| 17 | Excalibur Technologies Corp , which moves about a bit and is now headquartered in San Diego , has begun shipping its PixTex/EFS 3.0 document imaging software to a much broadened list of machines , including Sun Microsystems Inc Sparcstations , Hewlett-Packard Co HP 9000 Series 700s , IBM Corp RS/6000 , and Digital Equipment Corp Ultrix , VAX/VMS and Alpha AXP/Open VMS servers with Windows , X Window and Macintosh clients . |
| 18 | ‘ The last time I saw him he 'd been drinking pretty heavily and he pushed me about a bit . |
| 19 | ‘ How about a bit of generosity ? ’ |
| 20 | Sainsbury , Tesco , Asda — they all provide expensive glossy leaflets aimed at helping us to slice our treasures — interestingly into fruit salads — how about a bit of background , or best of all , a direct link back to the people who have been eating guavas and passion fruits for ever . |
| 21 | It was not a matter of Peter and subsequently Paul saying ‘ What about a bit of evangelism ? ’ |
| 22 | Then you can move about a bit . |
| 23 | You know it 's battling about a bit . |
| 24 | So you can actually move it about a bit , but it 's not that flexible a contract . |
| 25 | I can get about a bit , I 'm not er hobbling as much , as l as long as I take my time I 'm not too bad . |
| 26 | I 've knocked about a bit in the last few years I suppose , but I was always restless until I came to a very ordinary house in a rather dingy London suburb , where there was a large and interesting family who had been in the same place for a long time . |
| 27 | No the , we 're moving about a bit now , there 'll be an element of long-line but there is er I know a lot of ladies will be relieved to know , there is a shorter length coming back in . |
| 28 | And then it was erm erm which was er battered about a bit but we were preparing for the , the next move you see . |
| 29 | Mind , I do n't say that she has n't been knocked about a bit … |
| 30 | But it 's also about a bit more , it 's about defending the National Health Service . |