Example sentences of "[pers pn] would [verb] a bit " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , when the shop stopped delivering , I thought I 'd show a bit of private enterprise . |
| 2 | Cos if I was really hungry I used to go upstairs , I 'd get all the frozen veg out , I 'd cook a bit of everything |
| 3 | I 'd stay a bit till your Dad comes home if it was n't for keeping Nelly company . |
| 4 | seven o'clock , well I thought I 'd come a bit earlier forget that they want a tidy living room , they want to get the toys out of the way , they want to present themselves in the best possible light so they 'd be more forgiving if you 're late than if you 're too early to be on time . |
| 5 | Well I 've got three hours from straight from nine fifteen in the morning so I 'd like a bit of a break actually after that . |
| 6 | but I know it cos the other week when I had to work till half past eight for Peter , he was having a dinner party and erm we went down there , I had to go shopping with him , he made me die cos he asked me if I 'd work a bit later and I said yeah I need the money , so I 'll work later so er he made me die because he said in this flare up , this argument when when I worked that day , I mean , I worked all day , I had nothing to eat and I could n't eat af , you know , cos of this trouble I could n't eat after |
| 7 | But I would feel a bit snidey pretending that I do n't know them . ’ |
| 8 | To see how I would handle a bit of academic incompetence ? |
| 9 | I know I would get a bit excited if if I was on T V. |
| 10 | Philip wished she 'd drive a bit faster . |
| 11 | if you , you was all clawing to get one of them cos you 'd make a bit more of it . |
| 12 | I wish you 'd talk a bit louder I ca n't hear you . |
| 13 | Just thought you 'd rest a bit easier if you knew he did n't suffer none . |
| 14 | ‘ I expect you 'd like a bit of rest while you drink yer tea . |
| 15 | And the wee thing 's and I do n't think you 'd get a bit sinus in the wee . |
| 16 | She left the other kipper for Oliver , but decided that she would wait a bit longer before she went to fetch him . |
| 17 | Said a friend : ‘ It was two in the morning , we were drunk as hell and thought we 'd do a bit of shooting for a laugh . |
| 18 | And that 's how it started and it was really just you know we said we 'd do a bit of fund raising and I think the men were pretty sceptical of you know they thi they thought we might fight over the first tin of beans or whatever . |
| 19 | Well I was hoping we 'd get a bit more . |
| 20 | Anyway , she went out to get some text books , so there was a few of us who thought we 'd have a bit of a laugh , do something to catch her out . |
| 21 | Well they used to be like er , used t as you used to braid your hair , they 'd braid a bit o rope and they 'd , they 'd make a sole out of that . |
| 22 | ‘ But if you could just find somewhere they 'd feel a bit more comfortable , that 's all . |
| 23 | They used to have an imaginary light er an imaginary mark from Cork Lightship to Walton on the Naze and er the men who bought the Cork Lightship , they would take notice every time that hopper went out there , they 'd see when they were dumping cos if that was , if they were a bit cute , some of the boys , they 'd dump a bit short of the dumping ground , that 's what used to happen , cos they 'd report them then to Harwich , Harwich will report them to Harbourmaster at Ipswich , then there 'd be a |
| 24 | They 'd get a bit cheeky sometimes and have to be checked . |
| 25 | Talk about giving the game away ! if these people did n't make it so obvious that they 'd pissed their lives away with drink and were n't prepared to do anything about it they 'd get a bit more sympathy . |
| 26 | Talk about giving the game away ! if these people did n't make it so obvious that they 'd pissed their lives away with drink and were n't prepared to do anything about it they 'd get a bit more sympathy . |
| 27 | They 'd look a bit funny if they were sort of |
| 28 | As powerful as drawing description files can be , they would get a bit unworkable if faced with , say , a colour photograph of a budgerigar . |
| 29 | ‘ Sure , they would get a bit as well , God love them . |
| 30 | ‘ Be some tulips out by now if it 'd bin a bit warmer . |