Example sentences of "he have [verb] a bit " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has to dress a bit old-fashioned … |
| 2 | Mind you he has become a bit of an opinionated arsehole recently … more like Jonathan King , or Nina Myskow — y'know being deliberately contentious to get people to write in . |
| 3 | No but he has got a bit of an accent . |
| 4 | he has got a bit of a belly on him actually |
| 5 | But he did n't say anything when I said he has put a bit of weight on . |
| 6 | He 'd seen a bit of that kind of thing going on in the last hospital he was in . |
| 7 | ‘ I think it would have been brilliant if they 'd given him more of a chance and if he 'd given a bit more . |
| 8 | But he came more than he might have and he 'd done a bit with the bells in his heyday . |
| 9 | And knowing he 'd gone a bit too far , and glad enough , now his fright and anger were fading , to have faced down Lachlan 's temper and Farquhar 's knife unharmed , Duncan Rua was satisfied to grin back , and turn aside to work the ship . |
| 10 | Later , usually with Preston or his grandad , he 'd felt a bit more at home , but not much . |
| 11 | The next morning , Ian woke her up with a cup of tea , said he was sorry about last night , he 'd had a bit too much to drink . |
| 12 | He 'd had a bit of a raw deal . |
| 13 | Erm you , you never really sort of er he said he 'd got a bit of paper somewhere and he could perhaps go and find it and you said , you know , sort of no not now erm but having done that you never , you never , not now erm but having done that you never , you never , I |
| 14 | ‘ He was n't put on contract because we felt he had to do a bit more to earn one . |
| 15 | He had lost a bit of weight after the race at York but now seemed stronger , harder . |
| 16 | If he had persevered a bit more , he might have found a landlady whose idea of cooking extended beyond steak-and-kidney pudding and spotted Dick . |
| 17 | The land used to belong to Lord Linkhaven , up at the Hall ; to the present lord 's great-grandfer , I should say , but he had to sell a bit here and there — and that 's how the two villages came . |
| 18 | Apparently this chap 's father had been criticised severely after the fall of the Gang of Four , and he had gone a bit berserk . |
| 19 | For some reason they had not much liked the look of this pub , called the Fir Tree , and though he had slowed a bit as they came to it , they had not stopped . |
| 20 | No wonder he had seemed a bit on edge . |
| 21 | Yes , and then my father , when he had recovered a bit , he came to live with Grandma . |
| 22 | ‘ He 's gone a bit quiet . |
| 23 | Er a and he jazzed this up a little bit , and perhaps I think he 's gone a bit over the top on it . |
| 24 | He 's gone a bit podgy in the face . |
| 25 | He does , he 's gone a bit quieter now , it 's this , you 've probably surprised him , he did n't expect you to be here |
| 26 | At least he 's had a bit of time in there . |
| 27 | I guess the fans love him because 1 ) he 's a bloody good player — he proved that at Arse ; 2 ) they think he 's had a bit of a raw deal especially last year when he was n't played and the rest of the team wer n't exactly setting the Premiership on fire ! ! |
| 28 | there and Grange , and he 's had a bit to drink , he was n't drunk , but |
| 29 | He contented himself with , ‘ He 's got a bit of a cough . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Well , shows he 's got a bit of get up and go , ’ replied another familiar voice . |