Example sentences of "[vb -s] been [v-ing] a bit " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meiko Scientific Plc , Bristol has been getting a bit of stick in the US press following its sale of one of its massively parallel systems to the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory under a $15m agreement : complainants say the order should have gone to a US firm and not to a UK one ; Meiko repudiates ‘ the damaging impressions ’ created in a New York Times story on the order , saying that it was consistent with US national security policies and procedures with support provided by cleared US citizens ; it bridles at the suggestion that the machine is unproven , pointing to over 400 installations , and says the Israeli transaction was in compliance with both US and British export regulations and that this was confirmed by the British Embassy in Washington . |
| 2 | ‘ No , but now you come to mention it , he has been coughing a bit . ’ |
| 3 | Like Terry Venables calling for a pre-match arsenic , the old trouper knows that the best way to disarm your critics is to make ‘ em laugh , but the joke has been wearing a bit thin , and it was with some relief that he swopped his sheepish smile for a satisfied one . |
| 4 | It appears that BA has been doing a bit of grey-importing ! |
| 5 | ‘ It has been happening a bit , ’ said John soothingly . |
| 6 | ‘ Perhaps Jacob 's been doing a bit of tidying up . ’ |