Example sentences of "have [verb] a bit [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The controls are slow and unresponsive — let's face it , with the amount of platform beat-'em-ups around you 'd have thought the programmers would 've given a bit more care and attention to this aspect , not to mention the graphics , presentation … the game in general really . |
| 2 | The Arkansas Governor , Bill ‘ Slick Willie ’ Clinton , has outpandered California 's ex-Governor Jerry ‘ Moonbeam ’ Brown by a whisker , has spoken a bit more sense with a bit less pizzazz and conviction , and looks set to scoop a big enough bundle of votes to guarantee him the nomination — unless he falls victim to further scandal or Democratic Party fixers impose a ‘ brokered convention ’ to find a last-ditch candidate . |
| 3 | You 'd got a bit more margin , you see . |
| 4 | Erm also as far as the husband 's back trouble was concerned , I f I felt that perhaps you should 've got a bit more information about the fact that he was going for tests next week at the hospital . |
| 5 | Looking back , there have been occasions when I might have had a bit more foresight , particularly when this chap rang me from Newcastle one day raving about this brilliant young footballer he wanted me to look after . |
| 6 | No a bit bigger seems to me if we 'd moved up a bit we would have had a bit more room . |
| 7 | Perhaps I should have put a bit more water into my late night whisky ? |
| 8 | But he admitted with a grin : ‘ If that was a trial run for Sunday I would n't have minded a bit more notice ! |
| 9 | The striker , perhaps because he was braced for the offside whistle ( it had looked a bit that way ) , was less than decisive and allowed Michael Watt to save at his feet . |
| 10 | The stolid sexton , James Whiting , had to find a bit more space in her grave to accommodate a certain Mary Humphries ; we know her — she is Thomas the Calvinist 's daughter Mary , née Titford , who had married Stephen Humphries of Devizes in 1752 . |
| 11 | Until you 've done a bit more research . |
| 12 | It 's one to leave to half time when we 've got a bit more time to er examine the incident perhaps . |
| 13 | But , ask me another day , when I 've got a bit more time . |
| 14 | Alright if you 're double fit I suppose , and you 've got a bit more help to around . |
| 15 | when we 've got a bit more time |
| 16 | Cos at least there you 've got a bit more garden you 've got a garage and then |
| 17 | Possibly , you might be right , I think we 've got a bit more character in the side erm I think we 've got a better all round side than this time last year , to be honest . |
| 18 | I do n't have H R T , I did n't have any problems luckily , with the menopause but I feel I 've I 've found a bit more of who I really am , you know ! |
| 19 | It was their own indolence which had landed them with a murder which could probably be explained and might even have been prevented , if they had taken a bit more trouble . |
| 20 | Yeah , she looks as though she 's got a bit more colour and she says she feels a bit better . |
| 21 | It 's , I think you have to take a bit more care of those . |