Example sentences of "time [pers pn] [verb] a bit " in BNC.

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1 I think the mania got to me in about 1966 and around that time I got a bit tired of what they call the adulation .
2 I thought at the time she sounded a bit over anxious to explain why she had n't told us before , but it was n't long before I knew why . ’
3 It was time she did a bit of hurting , too .
4 ‘ No , you ca n't go to the doctor every time you get a bit of wind .
5 Personally I think it 's about time you had a bit of life . ’
6 It 's time you learned a bit of respect for Mr Harker 's babies — ’ jerking his head at the rumbling monsters all around them .
7 Time we had a bit of discipline in the ranks . ’
8 It really is about time we had a BIT of luck .
9 Every time we save a bit of money we find something we have to spend it on .
10 Last time they had a bit of difficulty organizing the rota .
11 The first time I asked he engaged his brain , the second time he wavered a bit as if understanding he should be doing something , though not what he should be doing , and the third time he translated it successfully .
12 He remembered some story about a primitive farmer who discovered roast pork when his house and his pig barn burned down and then imagined that he had to set fire to the place again every time he fancied a bit of crackling .
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