Example sentences of "had a bit [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Randall , 38 , who hit more than 1,000 first-class runs for Nottinghamshire , said : ‘ I 've had a bit of cartilage trimmed off , but it feels fine now and should n't cause me any problems at all next season . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ … embarrassing to have to trouble you like this , but we 've had a bit of bother with the sheep hereabouts . |
| 3 | RICHARD GUEST ( Romany King ) : ‘ I 've had a bit of a rollicking [ For not riding with more restraint ] . |
| 4 | Squash has always had a bit of a reputation as a sexy sort of game . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Old Charlie must have had a bit of a penchant for potholing judging by the amount of time he spent in every rock crevice north of Carlisle , but I prefer to suspend my scepticism and believe that the great man did indeed peel off his powdered wig and roll out a sleeping-bag in all the places that maps and local handouts would have us believe . |
| 7 | The boy 's had a bit of a whippin' , like . |
| 8 | Mind you , I think they 've had a bit of luck lately with a couple of wealthy chaps coming to live in the area and showing signs of interest . ’ |
| 9 | She 's had a bit of a blow . |
| 10 | A spokesman said : ‘ We 've had a bit of bother with the council but it 's sorted out now . ’ |
| 11 | Okay so you 'd had a bit of a break that 's good . |
| 12 | We 've had a bit of a scare , that 's — |
| 13 | I 've had a bit of trouble with this ear again , it 's been kind of sore on and off , and down my neck . |
| 14 | I 've had a bit of problem with me knee left knee |
| 15 | He 'd had a bit of a raw deal . |
| 16 | At least he 's had a bit of time in there . |
| 17 | Ah bit of , I 've had a bit of guffy |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | ‘ I have had a bit of an accident and the car you rented to me this morning is now a burnt out shell ! ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Mr Dexter , I 'm afraid we 've had a bit of a problem out here … ’ |
| 21 | Initially she 'd just had a bit of a fever and a very dry throat . |
| 22 | Perhaps I could have had a bit of a chat to him . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I 've had a bit of trouble , ’ was another familiar Spencerism . |
| 24 | I guess the fans love him because 1 ) he 's a bloody good player — he proved that at Arse ; 2 ) they think he 's had a bit of a raw deal especially last year when he was n't played and the rest of the team wer n't exactly setting the Premiership on fire ! ! |
| 25 | Sort my love life with Rocky out , we 've had a bit of a tiff at the moment , as a result I 've had to drop him from the squad completely and he 'll probably go and join the scum where he 'll show me up like that poncy french bugger who used to play here . |
| 26 | And I 'm sure you 've had a bit of thought about it , I 'm glad you 're see it there er and the whole lot is a blessed mismatch , it 's nothing to do with us though I do thank you Mr for the help you wish to give me , the Duke of Westminster and the Duke of Rutland if this goes through as I said this today because without a doubt the government will listen to what you have to say and I 've no doubt it will be effect . |
| 27 | You 've had a bit of luck there , you might turn the other way next year , and you might find that you 've got an increased number of police retiring , and if you have , you 're going to find extreme pressure on the police budget , and you will see that there is the reductions that the Chief Constable told you he would have to make if that happened . |
| 28 | O K , erm , hopefully we 've had a bit of fun , but at the same time , we go , we went through all the technical information . |
| 29 | ‘ He could have had a bit of a crush , ’ she acknowledged , ‘ but the main attraction was my career . |
| 30 | But you see , what we 've got is a set of fairly standard steps here which you got through no matter what the project and I hope that er , you 've all had a bit of practice at that . |