Example sentences of "he a bit " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't mind saying I do n't blame him a bit ! |
| 2 | But I never forgot the name McCloy and when Charlie got so cocky in the pub I thought I 'd needle him a bit . |
| 3 | The two hundred and forty-seven pounds of weight have made him a bit short of breath . |
| 4 | Clarissa could only say glumly that according to the newspapers , the Finns were doing very well at any rate , and how mean Charles 's officers were not to give him a bit more Embarkation Leave . |
| 5 | I think this gave him a bit of heart . |
| 6 | It worried him a bit , but it was n't here that he looked nervous and gave me reason to be concerned . |
| 7 | Paul gets deeply drunk at a New Year 's Eve party , where those friends who already have children get wheezily maudlin and dilate on the sheer cost of small kids versus the sheer joy of small kids ; while those who do n't have kids elbow him constantly , calling him a bit of a sharp-shooter , a devil , a sperm-bank , a prong , a peopler of nations and an irresponsible git . |
| 8 | We 've experimented with him a bit over the years , and I think we 've got it about right now . ’ |
| 9 | J. decided he wanted a photograph of me , and although I did tease him a bit about this — what did he want a photograph of me for when I was there in front of him most of the time ? — at his insistence I finally went and had it done . |
| 10 | They gave him a bit of consultancy work for the first year , but after that he did n't know what he would do . |
| 11 | Billy looked at him a bit old fashioned . |
| 12 | It got him out of the house , gave him a bit of exercise , kept him young . |
| 13 | He tends to join the Leicester ladies , who mother him a bit … is that what you want to know ? ’ |
| 14 | I do find him a bit wet after David Owen |
| 15 | Push him a bit and under Mario the American driver you 'll always find the Italian kid who wanted to make good in grand prix racing . |
| 16 | ‘ But I could do him a bit of harm . |
| 17 | Put him on the telly , give him a bit of limelight and away goes our Colin ! |
| 18 | Sometimes his Spidergob mates gave him a bit of a skragging on account of it ; not like what you 'd skrag a Mad Dog or a Scarface , if you ever got the chance , ‘ course . |
| 19 | ‘ He 's going to do some errands for me so I thought it only fair to give him a bit of food . ‘ |
| 20 | Then the bruiser produced a letter , the bearded man gave him a bit of a stony look , but took it and put it in his wallet . |
| 21 | I mean and and he he feels that er pressure groups like ourselves are very positive because it gives him a bit of weight when he 's arguing for things . |
| 22 | I had to explain him a bit first , because from meeting me you would n't necessarily be able to tell what my best friend was like , and Oliver can get up people 's nostrils . |
| 23 | Lieutenant Stapleton had managed to recognize Louise without too much trouble , though her appearance had given him a bit of a surprise . |
| 24 | Even though he 'd gone , I saw him a bit , he 'd visit me and the kids whenever it suited him . |
| 25 | Give him a bit of tone , as it were . |
| 26 | I am saying this to show you the other side of Basil — this firmness — this absolute integrity — if you believe in a thing lie would say , even if it made him a bit unpopular , which I think is marvellous . |
| 27 | She had found him a bit too inclined to enthuse , like a tourist visiting some primitive culture , while Polly was ‘ tense ’ . |
| 28 | ‘ And it might have done him a bit of good . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Just give him a bit of time . |
| 30 | Slowly , disconnectedly , prompted by him , I told him a bit about Alison ; remembering his frankness the night before , produced some of my own . |