Example sentences of "[verb] got a [adj] bit [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Well it was a wee bit under because I was only an office clerk , I , I was n't the junior but by then had come there and there were other , other clerks , some girls who 'd come into the office and I 'd got a little bit of step up you see and took over a little bit more important work , erm , I did just before I went in the Army have a dabble at erm running times , that was preparing the schedules for buses .
2 And you 'd got a little bit of plaster you , you could show the court the next morning , he was going to prison .
3 erm but they 've got a sticky bit on them
4 You 've got a fair bit of our money tied up at the moment , and naturally we 've got to see that it 's all right .
5 But er yeah so we 've we we 've got a fair bit of information on three .
6 Once you 've got a little bit of a base , you 'll be able to get going again .
7 The thing with me and with ‘ Crooksy ’ [ Garth Crooks , his friend ] as well is that , if you 're black in a small community where there are n't too many blacks and you 've got a little bit of stile , then you can not go wrong .
8 Okay , so they may ask you to use something which you have n't necessarily had to do before so that they 're really all that the examiner 's testing is that you 've got a little bit of nous , a little bit of savvy and with what you 've got available you can improvise a dressing or use the dressing in a sensible manner so that your casualty 's comfortable and you 're doing the best you can for them , okay ?
9 It 's going to cost you under thirty eight pounds , so I 've got a little bit of wei , leeway if I made a few mistakes .
10 and it 's on minimum premiums , you 've got a little bit of a discount there , but again , bearing in mind nine pound sixty might not buy them the cover they want .
11 Yes we 've got a little bit of Israel have n't you ?
12 Yeah I 've got a little bit of silver and gold at home actually , but I did n't bring it in today
13 That title is perhaps a not quite as straight as it might be , it 's got a little bit of a kink in it .
14 He 's got a little bit of a split lip cos every time he either smiles a lot or bangs it slightly it just opens up .
15 That 's not it 's got a little bit of erm
16 on that side but it 's got a little bit of black on it , do you reckon that 's anything to do with it ?
17 Because I still think this is very much discriminating on the , people like Val for example , I know she 's got a little bit of scale two but I still think the reception is such a big responsibility
18 He 's got a fair bit of savings . ’
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