Example sentences of "i [verb] [verb] a bit " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm it will I think leave a bit of a gap . |
| 2 | Nowadays few people can detect this very slight disability although I tend to limp a bit if I get tired . |
| 3 | Er being an agriculturalist rather than a planner I tend to get a bit confused by higher planning semantics of the difference between strict control and presumption against not normally . |
| 4 | And they did come out more or less straight away and well I say drop a bit in |
| 5 | My Dad 's away on business again tomorrow and I want to spend a bit of time with him before he goes . |
| 6 | Now I want to allow a bit more time for questions so I 'll just end if I may with a funny story which , did n't happen to me , it happened to a colleague of mine , erm a young lady , who went to give er a talk like this to group of adults like yourselves and at the end of the meeting the treasurer went up to her and said do we owe you any fee or expenses ? |
| 7 | so it 's really not worth getting qualifications on reflection so I want to do a bit of work you see , build myself a reputation that sort of thing |
| 8 | Then if I want to put a bit of ‘ plate ’ or ‘ room ’ on , I 'll either put a bit on when I 'm recording it , by putting it through an effect , or using the guitar player 's FX . |
| 9 | ‘ Now , I want to put a bit of steel through the side and remind them we ca n't have nice games all the time . |
| 10 | I want to get a bit of |
| 11 | And I want to travel a bit . |
| 12 | I want to play a bit with dad |
| 13 | ‘ I sometimes use an ambient mic on guitars , but I find that it can make things sound a bit too boxy and I 'd rather have the choice on the mix if I want to add a bit of ambience . |
| 14 | Besides , despite the fact that I 'd got a good grade for my speech , I thought I 'd made a bit of a mess of it and was just relieved it was all over . |
| 15 | I 'd felt a bit sticky and dirty first thing but it 'd worn off now . |
| 16 | I 'd drunk a bit — a tot or two — |
| 17 | but erm , you know , I remember as coming across one or two obstacles and I could n't get in to it I thought if I 'd tried a bit harder , I did n't want to start you know so |
| 18 | and I 'd got a bit of an headache , well I took two tablets and it had gone before Steve come in and er I had me tea and I w I went like that and I thought God almighty ! |
| 19 | As he nodded she went on , ‘ I 'd had a bit of a knock in — in a relationship with a man in London , and I was very miserable over Elise 's death . |
| 20 | I hope to instil a bit of confidence . ’ |
| 21 | Flipping hell , are n't I allowed to have a bit ? |
| 22 | I began to relax a bit . |
| 23 | We went into my room and sat down on the floor together , and dried each other 's tears ; then I began to laugh a bit , ruefully , because I suddenly imagined how we must look , a hulking great coloured man and a girl sitting snivelling in front of a gas-fire mopping up the tears with dozens of paper hankies . |
| 24 | Many years later when I first visited the States I began to understand a bit of how they felt , as I too was then in an alien land — and make no mistake , America is an alien land , for all that we share a language and many common roots . |
| 25 | ‘ I like to do a bit for charity now and then . ’ |
| 26 | No , I like to hear a bit of music to go along . |
| 27 | ‘ The Liver Birds had just started on television , ’ recalled Allen , ‘ and I remember reading a bit in the paper saying there were very few situation comedies written for women , with women in the lead roles . |
| 28 | I remember feeling a bit disappointed as I went to school on the morning of my birthday — I 'd rather have stayed home and finished the aviary . |
| 29 | So I decided to do a bit of checking . |
| 30 | I decided to get a bit of height and do a gentle dive with power off and I made a rather ham-fisted upward climb in the hope that I could jolt the wheel down . |