Example sentences of "bit [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh , oh , well we 'd better go then , but we 'll come back next year because that was good I said no I 'm sorry you wo n't actually I 'm going I 've done my little bit for a while , no one else . |
| 2 | That 's right yeah , I was also er doing a bit for a guy in at the time . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've done my bit for the day . ’ |
| 4 | Here , I think I could get a bit for the wallet , it 's pigskin , did you notice ? ’ |
| 5 | I think they like to hold that position that they 're doing their bit for the school . |
| 6 | Then they did their bit for the tourism industry — by taking a break in Dorset and Hampshire . |
| 7 | This information for each edge could be packed into one 32-bit word ( 7 bits for the letter , 1 bit for the flag and 24 bits for the index ) , which would be only 4 bytes per edge . |
| 8 | No matter what you drink , remember to do your bit for the environment by using the bottle and can banks which are now available in most Sainsbury 's car parks . |
| 9 | If that gap is n't narrowed , we could well see a backlash as business doing their bit for the environment lose heart at the apparent lack of consumer interest . |
| 10 | Like any other parent with a vested interest in the future generations I am very easily persuaded to do my bit for the environment . |
| 11 | You test the grain of the leather to see which way it stretches , and use the less stretchy bit for the length — otherwise it 'll be like keeping the bird on a piece of elastic . |
| 12 | As befits a New Zealander , Dame Kiri Te Kanawa did her bit for the game during the World Cup . |
| 13 | Did a little bit for the radio this morning in , Radio and Radio , and it 's all grist to the mill . |
| 14 | To compensate a bit for the loss , Greatest Hits from that long and illustrious lineage — ‘ Les Demoiselles d'Avignon ’ and its copains — have been gathered for the nonce in a smaller space elsewhere in the museum . |
| 15 | But he chafed a bit as a member of a commercial office team . |
| 16 | Buy me one I know I do n't like it till I 've had a bit as a drink . |
| 17 | The gas fire I have formed a really deep and meaningful relationship with Andy at Anglia Gas he 's been back and forth to my house , I know all about the fact that he has n't got a girlfriend and his mother is a marvellous cook and that Worlingworth is a bit off the map he and I are buddies , dear ! |
| 18 | Maurice flicks away the stray hairs , settles the next customer into the seat ( ‘ A good bit off the top , Morrie ’ ) , and tells how it all started . |
| 19 | And cut quite a bit off the top |
| 20 | You cut a bit off the top or the bottom . |
| 21 | about it the other day aye he says but they were n't supposed to cut anything down he said , they were only supposed to cut a bit off the top . |
| 22 | So I ask you to be open minded they may seem a little bit off the wall to start with , but everything that we do is done for a purpose to achieve er what we 're wanting to achieve and what I do want to achieve is by the end of tomorrow is to have given you a system . |
| 23 | We both love things that are a bit off the wall , and we love pure pop . ’ |
| 24 | Front , catch a bit off the front |
| 25 | gon na lose a bit off the front . |
| 26 | And then lift it up a bit off the table . |
| 27 | A WEST Belfast man bit off the ear of his wife 's former lover in a ‘ crime of passion ’ showdown , a court heard today . |
| 28 | And I might be able to bring down Rosa for a bit during the summertime so we can renew our friendship . |
| 29 | Er we had lost quite a bit during the war . |
| 30 | Mind you the , the erm , the wages had risen quite a bit during the time . |