Example sentences of "have [vb pp] a little bit [prep] " in BNC.

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1 He has done a little bit of manipulation here and there but overall it will not boost the economy .
2 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 .
3 Hugh Hefner has devoted a little bit of Playboy to his new bride , Kimberley .
4 Erm where it has lost a little bit of the quality of the lighting is round the base .
5 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 .
6 And you 'd got a little bit of plaster you , you could show the court the next morning , he was going to prison .
7 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 .
8 Just like to , we should have had a little bit of discussion there but we 're moving quickly .
9 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 .
10 Go and ask Grandpa , oh you 've done a little bit of a poo poo
11 Once you 've got a little bit of a base , you 'll be able to get going again .
12 The thing with me and with ‘ Crooksy ’ [ Garth Crooks , his friend ] as well is that , if you 're black in a small community where there are n't too many blacks and you 've got a little bit of stile , then you can not go wrong .
13 Okay , so they may ask you to use something which you have n't necessarily had to do before so that they 're really all that the examiner 's testing is that you 've got a little bit of nous , a little bit of savvy and with what you 've got available you can improvise a dressing or use the dressing in a sensible manner so that your casualty 's comfortable and you 're doing the best you can for them , okay ?
14 It 's going to cost you under thirty eight pounds , so I 've got a little bit of wei , leeway if I made a few mistakes .
15 and it 's on minimum premiums , you 've got a little bit of a discount there , but again , bearing in mind nine pound sixty might not buy them the cover they want .
16 Yes we 've got a little bit of Israel have n't you ?
17 Yeah I 've got a little bit of silver and gold at home actually , but I did n't bring it in today
18 So many of Hardy 's girls are people who 've had a little bit of education , and who are somehow or other caught between traditional ways and modern ways , and I think one has the feeling that Hardy is more interested in the sociologically transitional status of the people he 's writing about than he is interested in them as people .
19 Are you fit again because I know you 've had a little bit of shoulder trouble I think is n't it ?
20 I suppose some people who are in receipt of social benefits might say their benefits are very , very small , come nowhere near covering the true cost to them and their families are having to foot the bill for a lot of what 's done , and sometimes , when maybe their allowances are cut by a little bit , they might think ‘ erm well perhaps if the Oxfordshire County Councillors had cut a little bit of their attendance allowances maybe I could have little bit more ’ .
21 I saw him play last week against Sunderland reserves , he had another magnificent game , his passing was absolutely immaculate — got a good goal , hit a great volley that for another goal ; he can just pass the ball , and I think that 's what we 've lacked a little bit of , er a bit of guard sometimes for our midfield .
22 They have done a little bit of redecorating , such as in the hallway where they put up a pretty floral paper with a wide matching border at dado level , and hung an original time recorder clock , made in Leeds and bought from an antique shop in Leigh-on-Sea .
23 some and I have done a little bit on AutoCad which is erm making maps and things
24 That title is perhaps a not quite as straight as it might be , it 's got a little bit of a kink in it .
25 He 's got a little bit of a split lip cos every time he either smiles a lot or bangs it slightly it just opens up .
26 That 's not it 's got a little bit of erm
27 on that side but it 's got a little bit of black on it , do you reckon that 's anything to do with it ?
28 Because I still think this is very much discriminating on the , people like Val for example , I know she 's got a little bit of scale two but I still think the reception is such a big responsibility
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