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 ? |