Example sentences of "there have been a [adj] bit " in BNC.
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| 1 | Spokesman Peter Kessler said : ‘ Negotiations are progressing pretty well , but there has been a little bit of foot-dragging on the Serbian side . ’ |
| 2 | Rumours had it also that there had been a little bit of nasty business first . |
| 3 | ‘ If only there had been a little bit more flexibility on the United States side I think it could have been successfully accomplished . ’ |
| 4 | You can see there 's been a wee bit of damage to that ligament just where it goes down over the top of that bone . |
| 5 | League secretary Mike Foster said : ‘ There 's been a little bit of manoeuvring — but there has never been any doubt that it was going to be signed . ’ |
| 6 | There 's been a little bit of shall we say erm not as good co-operation as there might have been , especially between and recently . |