Example sentences of "[noun sg] have [verb] a bit of " in BNC.

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1 I 've been working hard with Gill to get into top form for the Olympics so singles play has taken a bit of a back seat .
2 I 've been working hard with Gill to get into top form for the Olympics so singles play has taken a bit of a back seat .
3 The boy 's had a bit of a whippin' , like .
4 so one council 's got a bit of paper and it ties up with the other one when you come here but if you do n't , if you have n't paid before you could n't tell them you were leaving
5 The British banger has taken a bit of a grilling today .
6 No I think er the that Forest have put a bit of a press on them .
7 She was n't disappointed at all , she told herself severely — it was just that her pride had taken a bit of a blow .
8 Standing sex has had a bit of a bad press — mainly because it tends to be used for illicit love-making by young couples who have no bedroom to go to .
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