Example sentences of "[be] [adv] a bit " in BNC.
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| 1 | 0–2 ticks You are naturally a bit anxious about life — look again at the particular areas you ticked . |
| 2 | ‘ Maybe I 'd stopped believing , started wondering if things could n't have been just a bit different . |
| 3 | Now vectors are already a bit of a weird thing |
| 4 | Things are just a bit weird at the moment . |
| 5 | But though people listen enthusiastically to Mister C slagging off hardcore and singing the praises of progressive house , you get the feeling things are just a bit different here . |
| 6 | There are few modern mixed routes here — the crags are just a bit too clean for good buttress climbing with its reliance on frozen turf and heather . |
| 7 | But her characters are just a bit too typical in their social habits , their tastes and their personal dilemmas . |
| 8 | ‘ You 're obviously a bit tired . |
| 9 | If you 're really in favour of something , you vote for it twice but if you 're just a bit in favour of it you vote once . |
| 10 | They 're just a bit careless . |
| 11 | ‘ You sound as though you think the travellers are all good as gold if you 're just a bit nice to them . ’ |
| 12 | I think they 're just a bit shortstaffed because the girl that 's usually in there has n't been in there for weeks , Josie . |
| 13 | They 're still a bit wobbly , you know , and when the bombing got rough I thought I 'd better find us all somewhere to go . |
| 14 | ‘ We 're still a bit naive with all that stuff , ’ nods angel-tonsilled guitarist Paul Yeadon . |
| 15 | Sister will give you a certificate , and you 'll need a follow-up next time you come if you 're still a bit sore . |
| 16 | cos they 're still a bit clingy and they need |
| 17 | But she 's more organised than these lads you see , whatever the duties are you know , she 's got hers up and running and whereas they 're still a bit you know have n't got it going as well as she has . |
| 18 | We 're like a bit like M F I we 've continually |
| 19 | You remind me of bit , eh , you 're like a bit what Joanne 's like , except Joanne 's better at maths but she 's not very good at English , like when they were doing Animal Farm , I had to explain that it was a parody of the Russian revolution and everything and she just sat there with her mouth open . |
| 20 | ‘ I know you 're both a bit sceptical . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I think we 're both a bit stunned that you 're so beautiful . |
| 22 | Actually what we 'll do is we 'll give you Er you 're probably a bit bigger than you were when we were giving you three er on three times a day . |
| 23 | He he he says they 're probably a bit of a general , but you can always ask them for their catalogue . |
| 24 | Well they 're probably a bit shocked now cos they 've got clean water . |
| 25 | I mean , you 're quite a bit older than me and that does n't matter , either . ’ |
| 26 | You 're quite a bit older than 'er . |
| 27 | I thought they 'd be wizzing off at one a second but they 're quite a bit slower than that |
| 28 | Since men are usually a bit taller than their female partners , it 's easier if the man can stand so that he 's a little lower than his partner . |
| 29 | Test Dept are n't by their very nature , exciting — but people are still a bit scared to broach the naffness of their output for fear of getting shouted at by Swells . |
| 30 | The figures for the full year are still a bit squishy because of items like estimated costs but the unit is positive it was profitable in the fourth quarter . |