Example sentences of "'d [verb] a bit " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I think it would have been brilliant if they 'd given him more of a chance and if he 'd given a bit more . |
| 2 | Besides , despite the fact that I 'd got a good grade for my speech , I thought I 'd made a bit of a mess of it and was just relieved it was all over . |
| 3 | He 'd seen a bit of that kind of thing going on in the last hospital he was in . |
| 4 | Mrs , my friend , Mrs Goreng was all over me after she 'd sobbed a bit over Kaptan . |
| 5 | But he came more than he might have and he 'd done a bit with the bells in his heyday . |
| 6 | She 'd done a bit of elementary choreography for Therese and Gesner , but he seemed to be all right , a bit standoffish and dignified perhaps , but then he was the star . |
| 7 | I 'd felt a bit sticky and dirty first thing but it 'd worn off now . |
| 8 | Later , usually with Preston or his grandad , he 'd felt a bit more at home , but not much . |
| 9 | I thought you 'd got a bit carried away when you were drawing them . ’ |
| 10 | You 'd got a bit more margin , you see . |
| 11 | Erm you , you never really sort of er he said he 'd got a bit of paper somewhere and he could perhaps go and find it and you said , you know , sort of no not now erm but having done that you never , you never , not now erm but having done that you never , you never , I |
| 12 | I wish we 'd got a bit further really but it 's hard work . |
| 13 | and I 'd got a bit of an headache , well I took two tablets and it had gone before Steve come in and er I had me tea and I w I went like that and I thought God almighty ! |
| 14 | ‘ I think it was after we 'd talked a bit and then played a bit our personalities seemed to go well together and our playing did as well . |
| 15 | By the end , of course , they were thoroughly enjoying themselves because they 'd had a bit to drink and it was a jolly convivial evening . ’ |
| 16 | Okay so you 'd had a bit of a break that 's good . |
| 17 | The next morning , Ian woke her up with a cup of tea , said he was sorry about last night , he 'd had a bit too much to drink . |
| 18 | He 'd had a bit of a raw deal . |
| 19 | As he nodded she went on , ‘ I 'd had a bit of a knock in — in a relationship with a man in London , and I was very miserable over Elise 's death . |
| 20 | She loosened up after she 'd had a bit to drink and told me about it . |
| 21 | Oh rather yes , out-work , people used during the First World War there were no end of people were sort of er especially if they 'd had a bit of experience in the leather industry like harness and saddlery and that sort of thing , especially the harness and er other work attached to leather cavalry and er revolver holsters and that sort of thing , they 'd do them at home you know oh yes there was er now Walsall 's divided is n't it ? |
| 22 | So she 'd had a bit of a go at Bob and er |
| 23 | another sort of six marks or maybe eight marks for the the end bit of the question , erm you 'd spent a bit of time on this . |
| 24 | And knowing he 'd gone a bit too far , and glad enough , now his fright and anger were fading , to have faced down Lachlan 's temper and Farquhar 's knife unharmed , Duncan Rua was satisfied to grin back , and turn aside to work the ship . |
| 25 | Cos nowadays if you if you did something like that folk would say you 'd gone a bit funny . |
| 26 | Heard she 'd gone a bit funny . ’ |
| 27 | I thought you 'd gone a bit shitty . |
| 28 | but erm , you know , I remember as coming across one or two obstacles and I could n't get in to it I thought if I 'd tried a bit harder , I did n't want to start you know so |
| 29 | She 'd wandered a bit , I suppose . |
| 30 | I 'd drunk a bit — a tot or two — |