Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [verb] have a bit " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Perhaps I could have had a bit of a chat to him . ’ |
| 3 | I 'd like to have a bit more before I go for him . ’ |
| 4 | I mean it just seems to me an area which I think I would like to have a bit more information on . |
| 5 | 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 ? |
| 6 | you do n't know the full story , she might have had a bit of a |
| 7 | Well if you want them to stay pretty as opposed to going baggy then you 'll need to have a bit of lycra in the fabric . |
| 8 | I want you for the West End after your six weeks in the sticks , and you 'll have to have a bit of bosom . ’ |
| 9 | Just because days are getting shorter it does n't mean you can forget having a bit of fun in the garden . |
| 10 | In fact if we were n't doing it as a unison group we 'd probably do it ourselves anyway because of the fact that we 've got nine separate branches and we 'd want to have a bit of erm common , common strategy if you like between the branches anyway . |
| 11 | No a bit bigger seems to me if we 'd moved up a bit we would have had a bit more room . |
| 12 | Similarly , We would like to have a bit of grass around the house and a nice view . |
| 13 | ‘ He could have had a bit of a crush , ’ she acknowledged , ‘ but the main attraction was my career . |