Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] have [verb] [art] bit " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because I suppose I must have appeared a bit untrustworthy , thought Caspar , what with working for the Gruagach and everything . |
| 2 | Perhaps I should have put a bit more water into my late night whisky ? |
| 3 | Looking back , there have been occasions when I might have had a bit more foresight , particularly when this chap rang me from Newcastle one day raving about this brilliant young footballer he wanted me to look after . |
| 4 | I 'll have to work a bit harder to make up for lost time when I get there . |
| 5 | ‘ We will be playing posh venues , nearly all theatres around Britain , so I 'll have to look a bit posh . ’ |
| 6 | Perhaps I could have had a bit of a chat to him . ’ |
| 7 | I sound like Piers , she thought suddenly , when a few months ago I would have giggled a bit at a remark like that . |
| 8 | But erm on the other hand we do actually have empty spaces in our old people 's homes , so whilst you will have people who may have to move a bit , we 're not actually reducing the number of occupied beds in the whole old person 's home sector |
| 9 | Some of you may have seen a bit of these before or similar ones , but it does n't matter , because it 's worth looking at again . |
| 10 | Well , you must have missed the bit where it said ‘ not worse looking than Johnny Thunders , ’ The poor bloke was completely crestfallen . |
| 11 | I can see that this would have given you a problem finding a rhyme for ‘ by ’ , but you should have tried a bit harder . |
| 12 | Well she must have paid a bit off . |
| 13 | She should have done a bit more than that actually . |
| 14 | you do n't know the full story , she might have had a bit of a |
| 15 | ‘ Look son , you 'll have to act a bit more positively . |
| 16 | I want you for the West End after your six weeks in the sticks , and you 'll have to have a bit of bosom . ’ |
| 17 | She 'd have looked a bit different , I can tell , from what she was like lying up there with her hair all cut off . " |
| 18 | Erm you asked about the cottage and the amounts , yeah there was you could have asked a bit more perhaps about the tax there but otherwise you 're very good . |
| 19 | that you could have done a bit more last year |
| 20 | Or , possibly , she would have done a bit of both . |
| 21 | We may have to work a bit on Europe after a recent P.G.A . |
| 22 | We scored an away goal and then two at home , and I feel perhaps we should have done a bit better . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ We scored an away goal and two at home and I feel we should have done a bit better . |
| 24 | ‘ I thought we might have looked a bit stiff 'cos it was n't our usual type of audience . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Of course we might have to deduct a bit to replace my trolleys . ’ |
| 26 | No a bit bigger seems to me if we 'd moved up a bit we would have had a bit more room . |
| 27 | Having trouble with both these pens today , I left them in the car last night , I think they must have got a bit cold . |
| 28 | I wish they 'd have gone a bit faster . |
| 29 | You know , like they 'd have to put a bit of a twist in it I suppose . |
| 30 | They will have to move a bit towards each other but there is every indication that they will go through their married life fulfilling this role in their relationship . |