Example sentences of "have [verb] a bit [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Maybe we are like a photocopy of God that got a bit crumpled and smudged as it came out of the machine so that his image in us has got a bit spoilt , but that does not alter the fact that every person has something of God about them .
2 I thought you 'd got a bit carried away when you were drawing them . ’
3 By the end , of course , they were thoroughly enjoying themselves because they 'd had a bit to drink and it was a jolly convivial evening . ’
4 She loosened up after she 'd had a bit to drink and told me about it .
5 Nick had his sunglasses on , he must have looked a bit touched .
6 ‘ Of course we might have to deduct a bit to replace my trolleys . ’
7 The year may have started a bit show but it finished with a flourish and we have achieved a tremendous recovery along the way .
8 SINGER Julian Lennon looks to have got a bit carried away with his shopping .
9 I had to work a bit to keep up with him — the path is not as straight as the road ; also I had to be careful not to make a noise .
10 Old Jim had looked a bit got down , he thought ; I 'll cheer them up , and we 'll all have a drink .
11 I mean the front room 's a a long , you ca n't put your furniture how you really want it you see cos you 've got a bit sticking out there and then you 've got this big sticking out here .
12 I 've got a bit puffed up again , had a few headaches .
13 A fairly high level and we 've got a bit to go ourselves I think .
14 You 've got a bit wet out here — terrible downpour couple of days ago — but you still do n't mind being kissed last thing at night .
15 I 've got a bit saved .
16 Right , now you 've got a bit to match it with .
17 Well I think I 've got a bit stuck on the N and the F actually .
18 The young woman was the one who seemed to be ‘ making the running , ’ but if the young chap had got a bit carried away , no doubt he would have been hauled up to court .
19 I asked Leppard to write them for me , because I felt that the standard cadenzas had become a bit worn out . ’
20 I think it 's got a bit damaged on Saturday , then he put him back
21 there and Grange , and he 's had a bit to drink , he was n't drunk , but
22 Oh yes quite so and if they 're doing well they really , local people really get behind them , but they , they 've prom in previous seasons they they 've promised so much and then fell away at the end that people have got a bit disillusioned and discontented so that , but like last year when they were doing well in the cup they erm at Watford I mean loads of people went to see them .
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