Example sentences of "[noun sg] has [verb] a bit " in BNC.
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| 1 | But this plea has worn a bit thin . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | So that 's the background of why I 'm giving this as long retired er tax inspector the mean , my own department has got a bit mean . |
| 5 | But he 's worked hard to adapt to the pace of things in England and because of that , his skill has suffered a bit . |
| 6 | The movie business has turned a bit more reticent about the art world since Glimcher 's folly . |
| 7 | The British banger has taken a bit of a grilling today . |
| 8 | Also , with healthy deciduous trees , the leaves all come with great show every Spring and die off in the Autumn — but more come each successive year cos the tree has grown a bit so the foliage is thicker , more complex in structure — until it dies of course . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | In recent days that particular visualization has become a bit more sophisticated . |
| 11 | But after seeing Celtic sensationally overturn a two-goal deficit against Cologne and Stuttgart land in the dock for fielding too many foreigners against Leeds , Francis said : ‘ Their League has suffered a bit from an exodus of top stars to Italy . |
| 12 | ‘ The year has started a bit stronger , so we 're hoping that with the end of the VAT threat for the meanwhile and after two lean years , this will continue . ’ |
| 13 | Dad has gone a bit funny about sex . |
| 14 | ‘ The company has shrunk a bit since the move , ’ says Phil Longden , 33 , an applications programmer with the company since 1986 . |