Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] [adv] [vb infin] a bit " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah but I should probably get a bit of today there , no problem . |
| 2 | I 'll just have a bit of a lie down . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'll just have a bit of bread and a mug of tea , ’ she said . |
| 4 | I 'll just have a bit of brown . |
| 5 | fiddle I 'll just have a bit of a fiddle well perhaps I 'll try running it on lead free petrol and see if that |
| 6 | I 'll just add a bit to 's report . |
| 7 | Then if I want to put a bit of ‘ plate ’ or ‘ room ’ on , I 'll either put a bit on when I 'm recording it , by putting it through an effect , or using the guitar player 's FX . |
| 8 | I 'd actually go a bit further and say yes we 'd like to do this , can we also look after road maintenance as well , because the road maintenance is sent out to contractors , contractors are so busy , they ca n't actually do half this work , they 've got a list as long as your arm , so pit pitfalls in in the pavements as well as as some of the motorways are n't being done because the contract 's been placed , but they 've placed it with the wrong people . |
| 9 | There was no reference to the key educational issue in the Queen 's speech , and Michael Stewart ( the new Secretary of State ) was obviously playing for time : ‘ I would rather wait a bit for a good comprehensive system than try to push a sham version in its place . ’ |
| 10 | Yes , yes , and then Barnsley , so I can still get a bit of a rough . |
| 11 | Yeah saves a bit of writing and er and you 'll always get a bit more detail on it ca n't you ? |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm sure you could still get a bit of teaching work , you know . |
| 13 | you know you could always put a bit of paint on it |
| 14 | You could always have a bit of fun with Bill , people said . |
| 15 | It 's too much , if you ever have too much you can just fold a bit down , if you have a big bandage you can fold either of those edges down first if you 've got too much and then you fold it forward and back , now your pin sticks in , but all the material and out of all the material and it goes in a straight upward direction , again it must go in that direction so that if per chance it comes undone it falls out and drops on the floor , whereas if it was sideways or downwards it would open and stick in your casualty , so that 's why we have it done that way . |
| 16 | You can even do a bit of water-skiing if you fancy it . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ You can still make a bit of money and enjoy yourself without ripping people off . |
| 18 | Always cut well on the waste side of your pencilled guidelines , you can always cut a bit more off if need be , but it is more problematic to have to try to glue bits back on if you have overcut . |
| 19 | Now adjust preset VR1 either way to check that you get a range of 5V to 15V ; you may find you can actually go a bit beyond these limits but this is not of importance . |
| 20 | We may just need a bit of fine tuning on the day . ’ |
| 21 | Well I think we 'll actually do a bit of a debrief , yeah ? we should be finished . |
| 22 | I mean we all live in a society where people wear clothes and we 'd probably feel a bit ashamed if we did n't have to wear any , but if you grew up in a society where nobody wears clothes , you would n't , would n't bother about it for one moment . |
| 23 | Erm , if we can just talk a bit about the the the activities , the question of the demonstrations against unemployment , what did you actually do to aid those demonstrations ? |
| 24 | It 's one that we can perhaps put a bit of pressure on if we issue an application for you by getting ACAS involved and seeing whether ACAS can either get you back there or er get you a compensation off them . |
| 25 | Well , I think we can actually get a bit in the newspaper with this one . |
| 26 | Not much to look forward to so they 'll probably like a bit of excitement . |
| 27 | Cycle parking is actually I wish they 'd actually pay a bit more places to actually put your bike and you did n't have to sort of tie it up to some lamppost or something |
| 28 | If they would just cooperate a bit . |
| 29 | He may well cause a bit more trouble yet . |
| 30 | it might just have a bit here |