Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [vb pp] a bit " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 I 'd felt a bit sticky and dirty first thing but it 'd worn off now .
3 I 'd drunk a bit — a tot or two —
4 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
5 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 !
6 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 .
7 Apparently , if I had waited a bit longer prices would have been much higher .
8 I 've gone a bit mad about cleaning as my mother 's coming to stay this summer .
9 I 've missed a bit .
10 I 've travelled a bit , done things as you put it , but that does n't mean a thing .
11 Now she 's gone , and I do n't have to pay out , I 'm not badly off ; I 've saved a bit , and I 'd thought there would be no need to let the room , but if you and Mr Paul was looking for somewhere clean and comfortable , with good food , and reasonable as it 's yourselves , perhaps you 'd think it over . ’
12 I 've got two years superannuation to come , and I 've saved a bit since I left home .
13 I 've cut a bit off that , about a quarter of it
14 I 've hit a bit of a barren patch since then , so I would n't mind ending the drought against Leeds . ’
15 I 've done a bit of one
16 David has done some transcription this week , erm and I 've done a bit , erm and that 's basically , well we 've got one side of , you 've got one side of those lectures to do erm and I 've got some of the recording that I made on Thursday to do and that and that .
17 I 've done a bit of just about everything there is , ’ Josie said , lifting sections of Lucy 's hair and watching to see how it fell .
18 Well I 've done a bit of all sorts rea Mainly I looked after my dad while he was ill .
19 'Can you dance ? ’ 'Well , I 've done a bit in the bath . ’
20 Well she said I 've done a bit .
21 Oh I 've done a bit of drawing .
22 No I 've done a bit more actually Francis .
23 I 've eaten a bit in middle .
24 Now some of you , if you 've only been with the company a few months or whatever it was , may not have noticed too much of a change , er , but I 've noticed a bit of a ch , I 've noticed a tremendous change in two and half months , two and a half years , and there 's some people in the room who must have noticed tremendous changes .
25 Sorry I 've left a bit out
26 And I 've left a bit .
27 I 've left a bit .
28 ‘ Well I 've read a bit of it , mainly in order to be able to quote it at Communist opponents , who 've never read it . ’
29 I 've read a bit about sort of erm there 's a special editor for a system file is n't there ?
30 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 . ’
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