Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] up a bit " in BNC.
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| 1 | ’ I hear that George has been living it up a bit lately ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Like that , ’ said Lee pushing it up a bit . |
| 3 | It 's getting it 's getting it up a bit is n't it ? |
| 4 | I 'll have to wallpaper your bathroom , then paint it , I then have to touch up the door cos it 's that kind of paint and I had it like , on the top of the loo , I was doing it up a bit , and the next thing I saw was Felix coming onto the back of the wind ah |
| 5 | He would watch their puzzled , attentive faces while Nonni talked about clothes and the latest film she had seen , ‘ jollying them up a bit ’ , as she called it : she thought that because their lives had been man-less , they were therefore dull and sad . |
| 6 | Cos he 's been playing us up a bit you know |