Example sentences of "bit of [noun] but [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd been involved with bands all those years and could play a bit of music but he never quite got the hang of the idea of written music . |
| 2 | ‘ Hopefully the fact that a local firm is sponsoring the event will bring me a bit of luck but I think it will certainly help the game 's image in Merseyside . |
| 3 | She needs to lose a bit of weight but I 'm worried because she 's become very faddy about her food and sometimes refuses to eat anything at all . |
| 4 | Try to persuade him to make a real effort to give up smoking — he may put on a bit of weight but he can tackle that later — and to eat frequent snacks throughout the day instead of two or three heavy meals . |
| 5 | It 's a nonsensical bit of treasure but they 've got ta |
| 6 | Not the best of subjects to inject a little bit of humour but we did find er traces of it nevertheless . |
| 7 | Nobody spoke , Mr spoke a little bit of French but he spoke Spanish fluently . |
| 8 | Early on , Solowka and Gregory did their own bit of AWOLing but it was usually because of a Littlewoods Cup replay , not to escort a bevy of simpering temptresses in nylon flairs . |
| 9 | Sorry , to take a little bit of time but I did point out we 've got two motions on the Health Service and erm , I think it 's a little bit more important than just er , formally seconding . |
| 10 | I do n't mind a bit of discipline but I do n't like cruelty . |
| 11 | we , I 've had when we go down , on Thursdays we go to the sports hall sometimes if it 's wet and erm we 're to erm do things the teachers and I er , have tried a bit of basketball but I ai n't got it into |
| 12 | ‘ They had their own little bits of garden but they were never made to help when they were young , which is probably why they liked it all the more . ’ |
| 13 | she said that and she said she do n't mind us swearing she said I 'll leave you fourteen , it actually says twenty tapes in the , bits of paper but she said if you could fill twenty I 'd be over the moon did she say ? |