Example sentences of "[vb past] been [v-ing] [art] bit " in BNC.

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1 I 'd been having a bit of a go about putting your hand up but every time he put his hand up I 'm bending over somebody or I 'm in a different part of the room .
2 I 'd been doing a bit of photojournalism and had always wanted to see and photograph the world .
3 I 'd been doing a bit of photojournalism and had always wanted to see and photograph the world .
4 But er she said she 'd been feeling a bit rough recently .
5 It was ours though , and Mrs Logue 's parlour had been getting a bit rough lately .
6 ‘ He had been acting a bit strangely recently . ’
7 If it were n't for his days at the mucky end of the trade , he would never have earned enough to buy a house and he would n't have met Raksha who had been doing a bit of topless work to supplement her salary as a nurse .
8 If it had been spinning a bit more , it would of kept on .
9 He had been feeling a bit better for the last few days : He had repaired the fence between the Britches and Ron Paget 's yard , filled two black plastic sacks with rubbish and had embarked on a vigorous assault upon dead and decaying trees .
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