Example sentences of "have [vb pp] 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 | 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 . |
15 | In retrospect , I would probably have saved a little bit more , but there it is — I did manage to save a little bit anyway . |
16 | 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 ! |
17 | 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 . |
18 | So in the long run I think his objectivity may have helped a little bit . |
19 | Just like to , we should have had a little bit of discussion there but we 're moving quickly . |
20 | 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 ? |
21 | The sense of excitement that Ruth would have had might have changed a wee bit to almost a little bit of fear . |
22 | I think Jimi would have changed a little bit , though , because he was always into change . |
23 | And yet , I 'm quite sure that as they got nearer and nearer to Bethlehem their feelings would have changed a little bit . |
24 | ‘ Personally , I would liked to have done a little bit better in the Tests . |
25 | It seems to have happened a little bit quicker than planned , ’ he joked . |
26 | We 've heard a little bit of , about the Three-Ninetieth Group and we could go on and on because it certainly is indeed er historic organization . |
27 | Can we actually pause there cos you 've done a good bit of digging on that one . |
28 | Or you 've done a tiny bit and you need something that 's not |
29 | No , well we 've done a little bit . |
30 | I 've done a little bit , yeah . |