Example sentences of "bit [prep] [noun sg] [adv] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I like to do a bit for charity now and then . ’ |
| 2 | Just like to , we should have had a little bit of discussion there but we 're moving quickly . |
| 3 | Just short of the Cherwell , however , the line of the road disappears from the 1-inch map , and to the west of the river for many miles it can be followed only as a continuous hedge-line , a field-path , and a bit of lane here and there . |
| 4 | At its most basic , it 's simply a matter of typing a bit of text here and there — each text string is treated as an object — and placing any graphics you might want to include . |
| 5 | ‘ The moment you go from the rigid and valuable discipline of German bank and people to mixing it up with other disciplines , other views , other ‘ let's have a bit of inflation here and there ’ economies , you lose the very thing which leads you to want to join . ’ |
| 6 | They pointed out that economies prepared to allow ‘ a bit of inflation here and there ’ would include Britain , where the inflation rate is already one of the highest in the European Community and set to rise from 7.3 per cent to around 8 per cent later this week . |
| 7 | ‘ The moment you go from the rigid and valuable discipline of German bank and people to mixing it up with other disciplines , other views , other ‘ let's have a bit of inflation here and there ’ economies , you lose the very thing which leads you to want to join . ’ |
| 8 | They pointed out that economies prepared to allow ‘ a bit of inflation here and there ’ would include Britain , where the inflation rate is already one of the highest in the European Community and set to rise from 7.3 per cent to around 8 per cent later this week . |
| 9 | Gets a bit of sea-gusting somewhat but a lot of good land on Holland . |
| 10 | Er , keep an eye on them , I 'll have a bit of replenishment here and then , erm , so he 's , until eight o'clock , and then you get everything pulled out . |
| 11 | Bit of scandal now and again . |
| 12 | But there are exceptions which have specialised needs — while all fish seem to benefit from a bit of variety now and then . |
| 13 | Well that was er plane the bit of wood , learn to plane the bit of wood straight or saw the wood straight and then there is a little , the iron part of it was where you made little any little bits of iron them there to make pretty patterns on it . |
| 14 | Erm you , you never really sort of er he said he 'd got a bit of paper somewhere and he could perhaps go and find it and you said , you know , sort of no not now erm but having done that you never , you never , not now erm but having done that you never , you never , I |
| 15 | He has done a little bit of manipulation here and there but overall it will not boost the economy . |
| 16 | There would still be a bit of clublife here and there through the alleyways , and the all-night gambling schools in Chinatown , though those were usually reserved for the Oriental abacus-for-brains fanatic . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | The girls they left behind had need of a bit of relaxation now and then . |
| 19 | When I read the first six words of that I thought , good Lord , we 're going to get a bit of policy here and but no , no , none of it . |
| 20 | Afford us a bit of respect now and again . |