Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] have be a bit " in BNC.

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No	Sentence
1	I should have been a bit a bit clearer about that .
2	She said last night , ‘ I played steady golf and , although I could have been a bit sharper , I am not disappointed with my start .
3	Or I could have been a bit less awkward , and said , you just give me the positive one .
4	I would have been a bit more calm , I would have thought , ‘ There 's someone out there 1 6 who cares . ’
5	We could have been a bit cleverer . ’
6	No , I think maybe if the girls had been in they might have been a bit shier and felt you know , oh we have to act you know , the lads .
7	I think if I 'm just a splinter out of his head , then he must have been a bit like me , not much though . ’
8	It must have been a bit of a culture shock for him .
9	It must have been a bit painful .
10	It must have been a bit of a shock to her .
11	I do n't think he 's right in what he says but I think it might have been a bit tongue in cheek as well .
12	‘ Well , you know , it might have been a bit sort of accidental , do n't you reckon ? ’
13	( You 'd think he might have been a bit more careful — after all , this was n't happening in the Dark Ages before birth control was invented . )
14	I know , he might have been a bit better , she , he had a fight , he had some Whiskers for his dinner last night , I tell him he ai n't
15	But you know , I felt like saying , well , you know he could have been a bit more considerate and concerned when we were actually going out with each other !
16	This was just as well , because as a native he would have been a bit hard to take .
17	I 'd always wanted to be a comedian at school , I 've always been obsessive about comedy , and if I 'd been rubbish it would have been a bit problematic . ’
18	‘ When I look at it logically , it would have been a bit selfish for me to have had a child .
19	It would have been a bit of excitement .

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