Example sentences of "did a bit " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let himself into the kiosk , did n't get any cash , so he did a bit of damage . |
| 2 | Peter took it all quietly , of course , and it would n't surprise me if , when all the fuss had died down , he went back to his hotel and did a bit of painting . |
| 3 | Might even go nursing — I did a bit once — and I could live in the hostel . ’ |
| 4 | And Betjeman did a bit of cricket , if memory serves . |
| 5 | The A.A. guns did not worry him much , nor did a bit of shrapnel that whistled down near him . |
| 6 | ‘ Her mother was a very wealthy woman , and her father was a kind of handyman who helped out in the convent , and did a bit of work up at Westlands . |
| 7 | Did a bit there . |
| 8 | Did a bit all over . ’ |
| 9 | After a pub lunch we did a bit outside the car-park mortuary and then settled down with the telephone to record some attempts to buy a coffin , one of which resulted in agreement , which was the last thing we needed at the time , although it came in very handy later . |
| 10 | She did a bit of thinking . |
| 11 | College was dull , we covered the basics and then did a bit of everything — I hated portraiture , architectural and food shots — all the commercially viable stuff — but when I saw his work it struck a chord . |
| 12 | The conciliation staff did a bit of homework , and found out how fond Swindown had been over the years for concealing motion and valve gear between the frames , which did not arouse enthusiasm amongst the more portly fitters , who had plenty of experience of these delights with the collective works of F.W. Webb and other C.M.E. 's designs . |
| 13 | A gang of girls I met in Coventry hanging around with some boys who , like them , were unemployed , said that when they were younger they did a bit of vandalising : " When I got pissed I smashed the windows of posh houses , " said one of them . |
| 14 | College was dull , we covered the basics and then did a bit of everything — I hated portraiture , architectural and food shots — all the commercially viable stuff — but when I saw his work it struck a chord . |
| 15 | And we also did a bit of leather work to , where we used to hammer the the leather and put colours on to it to make purses and that sort of thing . |
| 16 | Yes , well she she er she did a bit of work and er we lived |
| 17 | And it 's a kind of black art anyway — everyone did a bit differently . |
| 18 | He did a bit of deep exploration with his match . |
| 19 | He was Con Fenton , a retired farm worker who did a bit of jobbing gardening and spent an average of three days a week at The Laurels . |
| 20 | We had various E coli vaccines which sometimes did a bit of good in these cases and I entered the pen hopefully . |
| 21 | First she posed as a Roman centurion and did a bit of torture . |
| 22 | Did a bit of painting . |
| 23 | Erm not , they , they did a bit erm if , if it was you know really a medical , if it was really detrimental to the mother to have another one , er then they would . |
| 24 | After lunch we did a bit more skiing and then we had to go back to the hotel . |
| 25 | but anyway , erm , it came as a bit of a shock to me when who was at that time the Horticultural Adviser or Horticultural Organiser as they used to call him , turned up at home at Debenham where we lived at the time and er said he 'd come to collect my typewriter we had no notice of this anyway was erm a jolly old soul and erm he went off with my typewriter and erm shorthand machine and the next day my father brought me into Ipswich and erm , well I saw and did a bit of typing and erm , that 's how it all started . |
| 26 | Dad did a bit of sneering , then he said , ‘ Farewell , Albert Roger Quigley ! ’ |
| 27 | Oh , Fishbane did a bit . |
| 28 | The other Rex did a bit of pacing , up and down the top-secret room . |
| 29 | And it 's a kind of black art anyway — everyone did a bit differently . |
| 30 | The doctor did a bit erm arm twisting . |