Example sentences of "have a bit " in BNC.

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1 Let's have a bit of a sing-song then , shall we ? ’
2 I 'd go in if Marie was with me , but I 'm on my own and I might have a bit of difficulty with the menu .
3 ‘ Inmates want to work in the kitchen because it means they can be out of their cells for most of the day and can have a bit of extra food , ’ he says .
4 AFTER the recent wonderful developments in eastern Europe , particularly the fall of the Berlin Wall , can we now have a bit more freedom — other than the freedom to spend money .
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 ‘ 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 . ’
7 You 'd better go along and have a bit of a dig first .
8 ‘ We do have a bit of indie in us , it 's about 10 per cent indie , 90 per cent dance .
9 Must have a bit of money to drive a car , and that great leather handbag had cost something , he should n't wonder .
10 Some of the delayed motorists were distinctly lacking in respect , one going as far as to say that if he were going to get buried he 'd have a bit more consideration for other road users .
11 ‘ We 'll have a bit of fun , eh ? ’
12 I 'll just have a bit of a lie down .
13 ‘ I 'll just have a bit of bread and a mug of tea , ’ she said .
14 ‘ Who knows , ’ Ernest said , ‘ perhaps they 'll have a bit of food to spare .
15 He will now use some of the spare days on tour to let them have a bit of a rest . ’
16 ‘ We 'll have a bit more sea , kick up some spray . ’
17 Maybe he did have a bit of something — cunning , animal cunning .
18 Only when Juha went off in the morning could we have a bit of a rest . ’
19 ‘ I thought I might as well have a bit of a motoring holiday at the same time , ’ he explains .
20 CA N'T we have a bit of a rest from ‘ bit ? ’
21 ‘ I might have a bit of Brie , ’ Kate said .
22 The only reason they were going there was because they could be pretty sure that one or other of her brothers would not be up there and Maura would have a bit of privacy .
23 You should have a bit more respect for the boys in blue . ’
24 Anyway , she went out to get some text books , so there was a few of us who thought we 'd have a bit of a laugh , do something to catch her out .
25 ‘ Thought we might have a bit of sport , ’ he announced generally .
26 " I do n't see , " continued Mrs Maugham , " why you should n't have a bit of fun too .
27 There 'll be fewer rabbits and we can have a bit of peace .
28 I 'll take over his boat for you , sell it and my own , set up as a privateer and give you a quarter share , so 's you 'll have a bit of income to live on . "
29 Erm so in in broad terms the master plan is is unchanged in concept but we think improved in detail the is the other thing at each end erm represents on the left hand side er , what is currently Honey Hill I believe the name may be changed in due course erm and those behind me here are the houses on the Fern Hill side and then , although some of you will have difficulty seeing it at the moment , at the bottom there are detailed drawings showing the internal arrangement of the houses and flats and , and detailed drawings of the elevations with dimensions , so one can have a have a bit of a feel for the the sort of space standards that we 've aimed at , but there are in fact , furniture plans shown on the drawings .
30 What I really want is to meet someone who I can have a bit of fun with , but who is in it for the pleasure and does n't want paying .
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