Example sentences of "[pers pn] just [verb] a bit " in BNC.

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1 I just prefer a bit of real action .
2 I just felt a bit faint .
3 " I 'm fine — I just felt a bit sleepy and chilly , that was why I went to bed so early . "
4 And she 'd been glumly aware that her quick retort , ‘ I 'm not — I just felt a bit cold for a moment , ’ had sounded remarkably unconvincing .
5 I just fancy a bit of stewing beef
6 I just had a bit of my Sunday joint left over , ’ said Ianthe apologetically .
7 I had rehearsed all the routine for the South America job , then I just got a bit panicky ; the captain tried to talk me back into it .
8 I just got a bit tipsy , that 's all , and had to sleep in a spare bedroom at the house . ’
9 I just got a bit erm mixed up in it .
10 I just need a bit of luck to get over that barrier .
11 I just need a bit of money to get a you know a bar of chocolate at work .
12 I 'm sorry , I just have a bit of a headache , that 's all . ’
13 I just have a bit more .
14 I just lost a bit , oh there it is !
15 I just feel a bit sick , that 's all ! ’
16 Okay let's get Even though it 's fantastically interesting but er erm let me just get a bit of feedback from .
17 You can get brown without burning , and restrict sun damage , if you just take a bit of care and be scrupulous about protection .
18 ‘ Oh well , as you like — you just looked a bit whacked — off you go then .
19 You … you just look a bit strange , that 's all .
20 Could you just say a bit about that .
21 No , she just sounds a bit grot !
22 We just need a bit of background information .
23 We just need a bit more breeze , that 's all . ’
24 Yes the army officers , shall we just read a bit more of that bit ?
25 So do you think that erm when this law was erm pushed through in nineteen forty seven that er perhaps Mao you know well I think there 's been a bit of excess now , I think we 'll do some we just need , we just need a bit of a rush now just to take us through a bit and then we 'll stop it in a few months time .
26 So , because we were in the A A he said you could have a ba , and we had to go to court , we had a summons for court , for careless driving , your dad and your dad said oh so A A said you could have barrister , or our insurers said we could have a barrister our insurers , not the one with we 're with now Norman , he was to do all the , said we could have this barrister and it was at Liverpool Crown Court and , it was n't till a , and I was alright we we just got a bit of a shock , you know , we could drive the home it was the wing and what not .
27 We just want a bit of information about setting up a computer .
28 Years ago I had a class of very bright children and they did some really good projects , they were n't silly projects where they just scribble a bit an and draw some rubbish the they really worked and I saw to it that they produced really good work
29 I think they have a cheek to complain about people writing other people 's press releases when they ca n't even write their own speeches , they just take a bit of their leaders and claim it as their own .
30 So why , why , why ca n't you just erm why ca n't they just take a bit off everybody in that case and , and inflict the same degree ?
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