Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [adv prt] for a bit " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let it carry him along for a bit longer . |
| 2 | When she came back from changing , her haircut was a boy 's , except that it had new-born-looking curls at the nape of her neck , which knocked him out for a bit . |
| 3 | Well , she had some Holy Water in it , and she used to spray it about , and it used to keep them out for a bit , you know . |
| 4 | We can say we 're going to have to keep you off for a bit longer yet . |
| 5 | " I think it would be safer to keep him in for a bit longer . " |
| 6 | My dad , well in fact , we , we were laughing at my dad because we said , we said , it shut her up for a bit ! |
| 7 | He had had to fight for everything he had done , fight the people who wanted to wrap him up safely and wheel him out for a bit of ribbon-cutting and ceremonial . |
| 8 | Give it a chance to warm up , we need n't put it in for a bit . |
| 9 | But when you want to heat the bedrooms up you ca n't , unless you only have it on for a bit you know . |
| 10 | Unless we can turn it off for a bit . |