Example sentences of "[modal v] have [verb] [adv prt] a bit " in BNC.
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| 1 | I should 've tidied up a bit — that would 've made Mr Jackson think I 'm grown up enough to look after myself , but it 's too late now . |
| 2 | He must have put up a bit of a struggle , but they were a persuasive bunch , those women , and the two nans in alliance were practically irresistible . |
| 3 | Hopefully he 'll have calmed down a bit ! |
| 4 | So you 'll have to put on a bit more flesh if you want filmstar legs . |
| 5 | Yeah , I think you 'll have to go round a bit . |
| 6 | We 'll have to knuckle down a bit wo n't we se Rachel ? |
| 7 | I 'll have dried out a bit by the time I get to the cottage , and I do n't really want to go all the way back to the farm after I 've come this far . ’ |
| 8 | But perhaps you 'll have to grow up a bit more before you realise that . ’ |
| 9 | She might have quietened down a bit by now , but you know what she 's like . ’ |
| 10 | I could n't have missed him , but I could have slowed down a bit . |
| 11 | you 'd have to hunt about a bit I 'm afraid . |
| 12 | A number of changes will have occurred : it will have lost ten to fifteen per cent of its weight through loss of water ; the cell structures in the meat will have broken down ; the proteins will have changed into individual amino acids ( developing the flavour ) ; the muscle filaments — yes , the noble carcass is no more than a collection of muscles , bone and fat — will have broken down a bit and become more tender . |
| 13 | Which means this wind will have to die down a bit before they can return to the mainland . ’ |