Example sentences of "can [vb infin] [pron] a bit " in BNC.
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| 1 | Come on , you 've got lots , masses , you can spare me a bit . |
| 2 | That 's the , that 's the whole point , you , you have to start somewhere , yes I can give her a bit of paper , yes she can throw it in the bin , it 's made no difference , in fact I think it 's getting worse since I spoke to her , is n't it ? |
| 3 | In these cases , you can give them a bit of salt , or an acidic herb which calms the child while you look for what the woman craves , like butter or fruit . |
| 4 | So erm we can give them a bit of a |
| 5 | Right yeah erm so that can be , that can be a bit awkward but still some of the older stuff can give you a bit of a grounding in , in , in , in , in , in what it 's about if you can find anything relevant and sometimes you 've just got to sort of wander round the library and pick things up off the shelves like at random and see , see if you can find something in the index or find something in the contents pages that sort of vaguely coincides with what the you know what 's been talked about in the class that week erm sometimes if you keep looking you might actually be dead lucky and find one of the recommended books has actually come back in erm you may find that you 've got to be a bit flexible about that because , you know , if a topic 's dealt with in November you may not get a chance to see the book until you know kind of , I do n't know , February or something , you know I mean so it , it sometimes does mean you 've got to do the reading like a bit displaced from the from the classes |
| 6 | He said , " Well Jose is a bit better player than he was two years ago and he can carry me a bit " . |
| 7 | With the best will in the world , it does n't matter how organised we are , we can improve it a bit . |
| 8 | Cos I 'm doing some mobile , well I 'm hoping to get some mobile around Ruddington before it opens and so people can see me a bit before . |
| 9 | ‘ I can relax it a bit , provided you 've got the general idea . |
| 10 | You can read it a bit more easily . |
| 11 | ‘ You can tell us a bit about him . |
| 12 | About a year later one of the boys met an old lady who lived not far from the pond and they were discussing the strange happenings when the lady said , ‘ I can tell you a bit about it , ’ and she then proceeded to tell them about the crazy motorcyclist . |
| 13 | ‘ I can tell you a bit about your uncle if you like , ’ she said aloud . |
| 14 | It 's sharp as a razor , a real hunting knife , but if you keep the sheath on you can hold it a bit . |
| 15 | No , I think it 's pretty as I said , we can reduce it a bit . |
| 16 | Oh she 's ah , I can imagine her a bit bossy actually . |