Example sentences of "bit of a [noun sg] at the " in BNC.

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1 It was a bit of a pill at the time and y used to pay a shilling in the pound , well a shilling was a lot more valuable than it is now and erm I used to begrudge paying in it forty eight and sixpence but it does provide the , well the pleasures of life now , whereby the pens the ordinary old age pension would n't .
2 Sort my love life with Rocky out , we 've had a bit of a tiff at the moment , as a result I 've had to drop him from the squad completely and he 'll probably go and join the scum where he 'll show me up like that poncy french bugger who used to play here .
3 Regrettably , some could not do so , the commonest reason being that ‘ Such records are not retained ’ ; or ‘ Our records are in a bit of a mess at the moment ’ .
4 junior Colts , sorry junior Colts , and he said erm ah had a bit of a roll at the beginning and then towards the end now we 've sort of lost loads in a row so I said , he said alright I said about the same with us then I was , so I said it 's cold and he said mm yes it is rather .
5 Trouble is you 've got a bit of a problem at the moment right , if we want to find out what the expected price in T is , right , this derivation tells us that it 's a weighted sum of all previous prices right .
6 Anyway , there 's a bit of a lull at the moment before I start helping out with the encyclopedic dictionary .
7 We 're in a bit of a muddle at the moment . ’
8 Macca 's having a bit of a break at the mo , he had some good games when Strach was in the side , Arse and Chelsea i think were impressive .
9 They say they like the sound of singing , which gives them a bit of a boost at the beginning of the day . ’
10 More traffic oh hang on turn that off right more traffic and travel a bit of a bodge-up at the end there really Jennifer .
11 It was a bit of a catch-phrase at the time .
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