Example sentences of "have [verb] [art] [adj] bit " in BNC.
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| 1 | Snack attacks : chef Kevin Polson has seen a fair bit of violence , ranging from someone pulling a gun to rugby fans forming a scrum in his shop and going through the glass counter |
| 2 | He has done a little bit of manipulation here and there but overall it will not boost the economy . |
| 3 | Although ‘ teleworking ’ might be considered to be an old idea — anyone who has done the odd bit of paperwork at home while keeping in touch with the office by telephone can be said to have been doing it — the opportunity to have computer-aided design , back-office and data entry work carried out full-time away from the office has widened immeasurably . |
| 4 | DENNIS SKINNER , the Bolsover MP who has terrorised generations of ministers from his place below the gangway , has made a little bit of history this week . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's fine in the Ryder Cup , although that has got a little bit out of hand when nerves are stretched like the note of a piano . |
| 6 | Hugh Hefner has devoted a little bit of Playboy to his new bride , Kimberley . |
| 7 | Erm where it has lost a little bit of the quality of the lighting is round the base . |
| 8 | In the past I 'd seen a fair bit of Lloyd . |
| 9 | Well it was a wee bit under because I was only an office clerk , I , I was n't the junior but by then had come there and there were other , other clerks , some girls who 'd come into the office and I 'd got a little bit of step up you see and took over a little bit more important work , erm , I did just before I went in the Army have a dabble at erm running times , that was preparing the schedules for buses . |
| 10 | And you 'd got a little bit of plaster you , you could show the court the next morning , he was going to prison . |
| 11 | Eyes looking back and I 'd got the old bit moving all the time keeping , he said righto get out , you 're leading me , they were too pleased to get rid of them . |
| 12 | If you 'd , if you 'd had a little bit yourself you would n't , you would n't have smelt it . |
| 13 | Des Little the signing from Swansea has been rested because er Frank Clarke felt he 'd lost a little bit of confidence in Forest 's poor start to the season . |
| 14 | I thought , I 'd like him to think that I 'd improved a little bit . |
| 15 | ‘ And they 'd learnt a fair bit in the war , with their OSS Office of Strategic Services , same as our SOE . |
| 16 | we 've had to dig a little bit out |
| 17 | The streets may not have been nearly so safe as nostalgia for ‘ Old England ’ suggests , but it is likely that if working-class youths had been firing off guns throughout London , then we would have heard a little bit more about the matter . |
| 18 | Another example of that for instance , and this is something we 'll , we 'll have to wait a full explanation of this we 'll have to wait a little bit later itself . |
| 19 | Those who will have to work a little bit harder to reach their full potential , coming from east of the Rockies where rugby is a spring and summer game , are Alberta scrum-half Tom Liddle , Newfoundland flanker or no.8 Rod Snow and the Ontario trio of Charron , Lougheed and Scott MacKinnon , a fullback or centre and brother of Gordon . |
| 20 | You do have to compromise a fair bit and I suppose that I would like more freedom than I 've got . |
| 21 | In retrospect , I would probably have saved a little bit more , but there it is — I did manage to save a little bit anyway . |
| 22 | Dealers would scream down the blower : " Did you see The Sunday Times last week Sir ? " knowing that he would probably have missed the relevant bit , just as they had . |
| 23 | Well having seen a little bit erm was on the other day and I I mean I I must admit I touch shut up you ! |
| 24 | At the Snack Shack , chef Kevin Polson , 24 , admits to having seen a fair bit of violence , ranging from someone pulling a gun on him to rugby fans forming a scrum in his shop and going through the glass counter . |
| 25 | So in the long run I think his objectivity may have helped a little bit . |
| 26 | Just like to , we should have had a little bit of discussion there but we 're moving quickly . |
| 27 | and I 'm just wondering if maybe , maybe we will just have to do a wee bit of work and try and get something on the go to see if somebody will |
| 28 | So you 're gon na have to do a little bit of work , just a tiny bit tonight on one area which is your training objective for your session tomorrow . |
| 29 | It was bad enough having to do every single bit of the work , rushing like a mad thing because the person who was meant to help you could n't stop talking . |
| 30 | Danger — AAW always makes it clear what 's going on , but splitting a command into two by asking ‘ with what ? ’ might have worked a little bit better but then again , you ca n't have it all can you ? |