Example sentences of "[noun sg] have [verb] [adv] a bit " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Biochemistry , I see Mrs Hayman 's cholesterol has gone down a bit — Lizzie 's chest X-ray — haematology , Betty 's haemoglobin 's not too good — oh , the Hazell family 's tissue-typing results — ’ She gazed at them shaking her head sadly . |
| 2 | Finally Northern Ireland shows that there has been decline in output over the preceding four months and the only region t t to say that erm it 's fair to say that North Northern Ireland has been a weak region throughout er the recession erm and although in this survey optimism has climbed up a bit so it 's close to the U K average , it 's nevertheless a part of the U K which has really been behaving er rather differently from the rest of the economy reflecting its sort of , i its particular problems and the fact that it 's not part of the mainland economy . |
| 3 | The wind has picked up a bit , and there is a light snow falling . |
| 4 | Even if the work has piled up a bit , you would n't really want to chicken out , would you ? |
| 5 | We 'll look in this one then , now the rain 's died off a bit . |
| 6 | But now it 's not increasing as quickly , its gradient has come down a bit . |
| 7 | The mortaring had eased off a bit . |
| 8 | ‘ That river has risen quite a bit since earlier on , ’ murmured Charlie . |
| 9 | Life has perked up a bit since The Grange was sold and we moved to Brighton . |
| 10 | So he r he disappeared from view and the man 'd quietened down a bit . |
| 11 | Petrol 's gone down a bit . |
| 12 | Well I 'm glad to say the boar have cleaned up a bit since wallowing in the glorious mud of Abberley . |
| 13 | But City have picked up a bit with a draw at Chelsea and a comfortable win against Crystal Palace , and with the suspended Morley replaced by Oldfield , who knows where the goal is , they will be confident today . |
| 14 | Maggie was thankful that her heart had settled down a bit and was not now hammering in her chest like a wild bird . |
| 15 | I was going to say that , I mean if we do do that why do n't we move to a position when , I know it 's not finalized yet , the P As do the twenty six fives , and we try and adapt Sarah to do the whole s the whole of the four sub teams , ma maybe the threshold has to come down a bit , but but at least we 've got some sort of parity of working throughout |
| 16 | ‘ Only one thing about that pool , ’ Hugh said , depositing Jacqueline wrapped in a damp towel like a warm parcel in his wife 's arms , ‘ the tide 's gone down a bit . |