Example sentences of "[vb mod] [vb infin] do a bit " in BNC.
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1 | He may need to do a bit of work on the accent , but McIntosh is beginning to sound like a natural Scottish no.8 . |
2 | ‘ He should have done a bit of minding years ago . ’ |
3 | We scored an away goal and then two at home , and I feel perhaps we should have done a bit better . ’ |
4 | ‘ We scored an away goal and two at home and I feel we should have done a bit better . |
5 | She should have done a bit more than that actually . |
6 | Mrs Smythe looked sympathetic and said : ‘ I was thinking , your husband 's such a kind gentle person — he might like to do a bit of voluntary work . |
7 | that you could have done a bit more last year |
8 | Or , possibly , she would have done a bit of both . |
9 | Items that would previously have been classified as extraordinary will still be disclosed , but the reader will have to do a bit of work to find them . |
10 | Most translators will try to do a bit of both . |