Example sentences of "have [verb] a [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 | 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 . |
4 | ‘ 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 . |
5 | Hugh Hefner has devoted a little bit of Playboy to his new bride , Kimberley . |
6 | Erm where it has lost a little bit of the quality of the lighting is round the base . |
7 | In the past I 'd seen a fair bit of Lloyd . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | And you 'd got a little bit of plaster you , you could show the court the next morning , he was going to prison . |
10 | If you 'd , if you 'd had a little bit yourself you would n't , you would n't have smelt it . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | I thought , I 'd like him to think that I 'd improved a little bit . |
13 | ‘ And they 'd learnt a fair bit in the war , with their OSS Office of Strategic Services , same as our SOE . |
14 | we 've had to dig a little bit out |
15 | 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 . |
16 | 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 . |
17 | 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 . |
18 | You do have to compromise a fair bit and I suppose that I would like more freedom than I 've got . |
19 | In retrospect , I would probably have saved a little bit more , but there it is — I did manage to save a little bit anyway . |
20 | 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 ! |
21 | 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 . |
22 | So in the long run I think his objectivity may have helped a little bit . |
23 | Just like to , we should have had a little bit of discussion there but we 're moving quickly . |
24 | 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 |
25 | 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 . |
26 | 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 ? |
27 | The sense of excitement that Ruth would have had might have changed a wee bit to almost a little bit of fear . |
28 | I think Jimi would have changed a little bit , though , because he was always into change . |
29 | And yet , I 'm quite sure that as they got nearer and nearer to Bethlehem their feelings would have changed a little bit . |
30 | ‘ Personally , I would liked to have done a little bit better in the Tests . |