Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] bits [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 'd come full circle round the Golf , our feet crunching bits of windscreen . |
| 2 | This looked extremely complicated , with two tier staging and various ‘ devices ’ — for which the medieval craftsmen were famous — consisting of ropes and pulleys to operate bits of stage machinery . |
| 3 | In a land where , with a little water , anything would grow , and private gardens were a blaze of bougainvillaea and oleander , Cairo 's public gardens remained bits of desert , and the only colour in the Ezbekiya was provided once a week by the uniforms of the incredibly incompetent Egyptian regimental band . |
| 4 | ‘ There were scores and scores of labourers filing bits of metal ; and the teacher said , ‘ If you do really , really well and pass your O levels , this is where you will go ’ . |
| 5 | There would be one or two stalls selling bits of radios , farm machinery and so on , but I had never felt inclined to rummage in them . |