Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] a bit " in BNC.
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| 1 | He goes on a bit … ’ |
| 2 | Goes on a bit thick . |
| 3 | So you 've got the children tomorrow lunchtime , you 've got the band tomorrow evening , but the library exhibition goes on a bit longer ? |
| 4 | My staff were faced with untidy heaps of apparatus apparatus in equipment rooms , and received little or no help from the student representatives So and then it sort of flabbers on a bit saying they 're |
| 5 | ‘ He came across this seed in Cumbria and said : ‘ I wonder if we ought to invest in a bit ? ’ . |
| 6 | A number of changes will have occurred : it will have lost ten to fifteen per cent of its weight through loss of water ; the cell structures in the meat will have broken down ; the proteins will have changed into individual amino acids ( developing the flavour ) ; the muscle filaments — yes , the noble carcass is no more than a collection of muscles , bone and fat — will have broken down a bit and become more tender . |
| 7 | It loops it goes down a bit . |
| 8 | if I may give you a word of advice , you may think it 's rude , but when Mr is asking questions try not to turn down towards him , if you try and face across the jury , that 's what carries the voice if you 're looking at them , if you turn to your left , a bit of your head goes down a bit , it 's only natural , you 're not as used to courts as Mr is , er , he , he , your , it , your voice smothers , it 's not a question of shouting it 's just looking in the right direction , yes Mr go on |
| 9 | ‘ Could n't I stay down a bit longer , please ? ’ |
| 10 | Well just carry stitches and then bring in a bit and then double up . |
| 11 | it tends to float down a bit . |
| 12 | But then , it 's a big difference between skiing abroad and you know , like staying somewhere like Cyprus skiing in Scotland , it 's true , but I mean , it 's like the first , I mean , my dad 's typical , sort of , get to the top of the hill and give you a good shove , you know , give you one time to go down a bit slowly and then after that you just get to the top ski downhill phhhh . |
| 13 | Now , one end is joined so a bit . |
| 14 | 'Cos , like , just 'cos you 're gettin' on a bit does n't mean you ca n't wear fab gear an' pull groovy chicks an' that . |
| 15 | The film sticks to the standard Bo plot — older man ( Anthony Quinn ) lusts comically after her body — but with Bo cracking on a bit , the stakes have had to be raised a bit . |
| 16 | It still lingers on a bit though . |
| 17 | everywhere , things like that , so , well I 'll hang on a bit then |
| 18 | We w we was partnerships you see well when our place collapsed they carried on just carried on a bit because they were connected with Japan . |
| 19 | One night I stopped on a bit at the dance in Cotherstone and had to walk home because I could n't get a lift from anyone . |
| 20 | Will you be under huge pressures or will you be winding down a bit by then ? |
| 21 | But I 've come down a bit now . |
| 22 | But now it 's not increasing as quickly , its gradient has come down a bit . |
| 23 | The outlet into the Meloch was obvious once we had slashed down a bit of undergrowth , and so was the confluence with the Dee , but where , under the sizeable area euphemistically called the drive , was the tunnel ? |
| 24 | Rather apprehensively I let the other girls use it , on the strict understanding that when they had finished with it they unplugged it and stowed it away somewhere out of sight of our two gauleiters , hopefully after it had cooled down a bit . |
| 25 | When they 've cooled down a bit you can put them in your bed , warm it up nice . |
| 26 | thank you it 's cooling down a bit now , it 's been a gorgeous day though , that sun |
| 27 | I gave in to that later on in the '80s , by trying to be more conventional and blending in a bit more , and actually I should n't have done that . ’ |
| 28 | You have to get him wound down a bit , you have to do it , you know of a about half an hour or so ask him for the proper name ! |
| 29 | were only a month before so I sort of war wound down a bit , so |
| 30 | Stone no problem for Whitlow although that almost dropped in a bit short for Gavin Ward . |