Example sentences of "i [vb base] [verb] a bit " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nowadays few people can detect this very slight disability although I tend to limp a bit if I get tired . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | And they did come out more or less straight away and well I say drop a bit in |
| 4 | My Dad 's away on business again tomorrow and I want to spend a bit of time with him before he goes . |
| 5 | 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 ? |
| 6 | 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 |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . |
| 9 | I want to get a bit of |
| 10 | And I want to travel a bit . |
| 11 | I want to play a bit with dad |
| 12 | ‘ 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 . |
| 13 | I hope to instil a bit of confidence . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I like to do a bit for charity now and then . ’ |
| 15 | No , I like to hear a bit of music to go along . |
| 16 | ‘ 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | I feel done a bit of sewing up on the shoulders and then it 's well on the way . |
| 19 | However , I do feel a bit suspicious of John 's motives . |
| 20 | ‘ I do feel a bit shaken . |
| 21 | I do feel a bit guilty though , having nice guitars sitting in a closet ; they should be out there howling . ’ |
| 22 | Nevertheless , I do feel a bit like Zsa Zsa Gabor 's fifth , or was it sixth , husband on their wedding night . |
| 23 | ‘ I do feel a bit drained , ’ she admitted . |
| 24 | ‘ I may not like London over much but I do know a bit about the place and one thing I know is that it 's big , bloody big . |
| 25 | I think the estate agents simply I do know a bit about the housing market erm |
| 26 | I what , I do know a bit about them that was the grapefruit scoop . |
| 27 | She knows that I have arthritis and if I do need a bit of support , Clare 's always there , unobtrusively , to give me a hand . |
| 28 | Clive , 28 , from Middlesbrough , Cleveland , said : ‘ I like a good sing-song when I 'm having a bath , but I do get a bit loud and the neighbours ca n't hear the telly . |
| 29 | I do get a bit sick of the way they keep sending me scripts to make funny . |
| 30 | But if by some freak mischance I do get a bit stuck , you know what I do ? ’ |