Example sentences of "[vb -s] a bit " in BNC.
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| 1 | The poor old lady loves a bit of company and her legs are bad so she ca n't get out much . ’ |
| 2 | THAT BLOKE WHO USED TO BE IN THE SMITHS CAUSES A BIT OF A STIR AGAIN … |
| 3 | It stinks a bit , but I reckon it 's OK for a cat to do that , cos a cat 's an animal . |
| 4 | Then they used to come down the street , I 've got some lovely conga eels , stinks a bit , but not a deal . |
| 5 | ‘ Clues ’ is Van Morrisonesque , ‘ The Strange Museum ’ owes a bit to ‘ Ai n't No Sunshine ’ , ‘ Uh Huh Oh Yes ’ is very like ‘ Are ‘ Friends ’ Electric ? ’ by Soul Brother Number One Gary Numan . |
| 6 | The public wants a bit more these days — some music , maybe a meal , girls — you know . ’ |
| 7 | Any time some southern television producer wants a bit of good knockabout , he or she arranges a duel between Teresa Gorman , the Billericay battleaxe , and Teddy , the Southend shouter . |
| 8 | I mean , erm she actually then chooses to walk up and down the third storey erm couple of pages later , Jane , when she wants a bit of solitude . |
| 9 | You 're not well enough , you just sit in a chair there 's some cake in the tin if he wants a bit of cake ! |
| 10 | She wants a bit of peace and quiet . |
| 11 | daddy wants a bit of Coke |
| 12 | And erm I mean , it 'll go , just wants a bit of |
| 13 | I 've adjusted it that wants a bit of that 's it , one two . |
| 14 | in village , not far up us and er I were getting round me mum and pulling on her skirts and and this old woman says , get him fed Frances , he wants a bit of pap , get him , get him picked up and give him a bit of pap and that 'll shut him up |
| 15 | ‘ Connie says she wonders a bit about the sort of God who could make the human race and love it . |
| 16 | But what happens if the child matures a bit , and realizes that the bogie man is just er , just er an invention , created to , to set fear in it ? |
| 17 | If the wind drops a bit then you can sit inboard more to keep the boat flat . |
| 18 | When the computer is trying to save a new file to a disc , it looks for the first available fragment of space , writes as much of the new file as will fit , then looks for another available fragment of space , writes a bit more , and so on until all the file is written somewhere on the disc . |
| 19 | I build to it during the lost-in-the-wood speech and then it starts a bit uncertainly and then they really get it and it hits the show like a trumpet solo . |
| 20 | He looks a bit ill , smiles vaguely , and has a strange rather shy expression . |
| 21 | She looks a bit cold , so I go and fetch the blanket off my bed and wrap it round her shoulders . |
| 22 | She looks a bit different to now . |
| 23 | She looks a bit worried . |
| 24 | Though he 's old and that , he looks a bit embarrassed . |
| 25 | The mikva itself is a collection of natural water , which looks a bit like a small swimming pool . |
| 26 | I think : oh , I ca n't wear that , it looks a bit weird with my legs . |
| 27 | ‘ If it looks a bit narrow when you splash on Pissarro |
| 28 | A clone of these organisms looks a bit like a string of sausages . |
| 29 | The small Year Niner usually looks a bit blank — possibly because she has never considered the possibility of either heaven OR hell lying at the foot of the ropes in the sports hall — and responds with a vague , ‘ Uh ? ’ |
| 30 | The effect is now spectacular , but looks a bit unnatural . |