Example sentences of "bit [prep] [noun sg] [noun sg] [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | A wee bit of cotton wool just on the outside . |
2 | You may be expecting some kind of platform game with bouncing mushrooms but instead you need a fair bit of brain power too ! |
3 | What I think the danger is there , from a Conservative political perspective , is that having , having , Liberals having with us if you like , got the principle through , Liberals may then go with the Labour party and say right we 've got the principle through , we 've identified four homes , let's have a refurbishment programme , a bit of airport money here , a bit of slippage there and we 'll get this through and then we 'll tackle the problem of closures and if closures is proving difficult let's ignore it for a year , let's do these four and let's go on . |
4 | So you 're doing a bit of detective work here , what must be happening in this ? |
5 | With a bit of plastic surgery here and there this you know ! |
6 | Probably got a bit of maintenance wire somewhere . |
7 | ‘ I have n't any talcum , I 'm afraid , and you 've got a bit of nappy rash here . |
8 | Again , er early nineteen hundreds , and you can see single track coming in from here , and interesting bit of track work here , erm station up here . |
9 | Erm there was also an interesting erm stubby bit of railway track there . |
10 | Another casualty who bravely acted out that old maxim ‘ the show must go on ’ was ROSS — ex-postman and avid raver — from K-CLASS who after falling through a plate glass window whilst horsing about with some mates in a local Liverpool pub , gritted his teeth , 30 stitches notwithstanding , and gamely did his bit on Dance Energy less than 24 hours after being sewn up . |