Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] have [vb pp] a bit " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because I suppose I must have appeared a bit untrustworthy , thought Caspar , what with working for the Gruagach and everything . |
| 2 | Perhaps I should have put a bit more water into my late night whisky ? |
| 3 | Looking back , there have been occasions when I might have had a bit more foresight , particularly when this chap rang me from Newcastle one day raving about this brilliant young footballer he wanted me to look after . |
| 4 | Perhaps I could have had a bit of a chat to him . ’ |
| 5 | I sound like Piers , she thought suddenly , when a few months ago I would have giggled a bit at a remark like that . |
| 6 | Some of you may have seen a bit of these before or similar ones , but it does n't matter , because it 's worth looking at again . |
| 7 | I can see that this would have given you a problem finding a rhyme for ‘ by ’ , but you should have tried a bit harder . |
| 8 | Well she must have paid a bit off . |
| 9 | She should have done a bit more than that actually . |
| 10 | you do n't know the full story , she might have had a bit of a |
| 11 | She 'd have looked a bit different , I can tell , from what she was like lying up there with her hair all cut off . " |
| 12 | Erm you asked about the cottage and the amounts , yeah there was you could have asked a bit more perhaps about the tax there but otherwise you 're very good . |
| 13 | that you could have done a bit more last year |
| 14 | Or , possibly , she would have done a bit of both . |
| 15 | We scored an away goal and then two at home , and I feel perhaps we should have done a bit better . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ We scored an away goal and two at home and I feel we should have done a bit better . |
| 17 | ‘ I thought we might have looked a bit stiff 'cos it was n't our usual type of audience . ’ |
| 18 | No a bit bigger seems to me if we 'd moved up a bit we would have had a bit more room . |
| 19 | Having trouble with both these pens today , I left them in the car last night , I think they must have got a bit cold . |
| 20 | I wish they 'd have gone a bit faster . |
| 21 | It may have started a bit playfully but I thought it got out of hand . |
| 22 | ‘ He should have done a bit of minding years ago . ’ |
| 23 | I thought he must have gone a bit ga-ga but there was no harm so I went up to my room and did my hair a bit . |
| 24 | Nick had his sunglasses on , he must have looked a bit touched . |
| 25 | ‘ He must have remembered a bit . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ He could have had a bit of a crush , ’ she acknowledged , ‘ but the main attraction was my career . |
| 27 | He 'd have gone a bit |
| 28 | Cos I think he would have made a bit of difference up front there wi er er cos they would have the defence |