Example sentences of "[be] doing a bit " in BNC.
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| 1 | So you 're doing a bit of detective work here , what must be happening in this ? |
| 2 | Do you think perhap , erm , because it 's not so busy , do you think perhaps they 've cut back in the restaurant , and that 's why you 're doing a bit more work for the restaurant , you know , doing the floaters and things . |
| 3 | If it were n't for his days at the mucky end of the trade , he would never have earned enough to buy a house and he would n't have met Raksha who had been doing a bit of topless work to supplement her salary as a nurse . |
| 4 | I 'd been doing a bit of photojournalism and had always wanted to see and photograph the world . |
| 5 | I 'd been doing a bit of photojournalism and had always wanted to see and photograph the world . |
| 6 | It appears that BA has been doing a bit of grey-importing ! |
| 7 | ‘ I 've been doing a bit of reading , ’ ventures Naomi . |
| 8 | ‘ Perhaps Jacob 's been doing a bit of tidying up . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ We 've both been doing a bit of that — accusing each other of things that neither of us is guilty of . ’ |
| 10 | She would have her hair nicely done and I might be doing a bit of sewing . |
| 11 | Towards the end of the demonstration , Hinsley leant back and said ‘ of course there 's no reason why the fridge should n't be doing a bit of your mandelbrot . ’ |
| 12 | Towards the end of the demonstration , Hinsley leant back and said ‘ of course there 's no reason why the fridge should n't be doing a bit of your mandelbrot . ’ |
| 13 | At home she 'd be doing a bit of shopping , gardening perhaps , or turning down invitations to the over-sixties whist drive . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm doing a bit of everything , probably too much . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm doing a bit of surveillance , ’ he told Turner . |
| 16 | Well Maureen 's doing a bit of catering now |
| 17 | He was doing a bit of odd work here and there on an ad hoc basis , not musical work . |
| 18 | I mentioned I was doing a bit of surfing myself . |
| 19 | ‘ A few years ago one of the old boys from Ham was doing a bit of rabbit poaching up here and a headless horseman went riding by as cool as you please . |
| 20 | ‘ I was doing a bit of eventing and show jumping , but always wanted to specialise in dressage . |
| 21 | My friend , who 's a very economical shopper with a keen eye for a bargain , was doing a bit of shopping at her local market . |
| 22 | He was doing a bit of dealing as well . |
| 23 | Maybe he was doing a bit of breaking and entering . ’ |
| 24 | Yeah , he was doing a bit of drama this morning was n't he ? |