Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv prt] [art] bit " in BNC.
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| 1 | That narrows the field down a bit , if it 's correct . |
| 2 | The boys were back in town to finish off their latest album of dinkety-bonk and decided to let their hair down a bit after a little light refreshment in the bar . |
| 3 | DESPITE AMERICA LETTING THE SIDE DOWN A BIT , SAGE GROUP PROSPERS ON BACK OF NEW PRODUCTS , ACQUISITIONS |
| 4 | I du n no , on the one side down a bit so he was n't so noticeable and round the other side there 's ! |
| 5 | Then you take that and taper down a bit and then it 's gon na split again |
| 6 | If you injected cold air you 'd actually chill the furnace down a bit . |
| 7 | cut his card up a bit more . |
| 8 | I phone Andy and confirm it 's still all right to visit , then I ring Eddie and get the next three days off , tell the cops — they 're based at Fettes , though the DI has gone back down to London , and no they 're still not giving me back my new portable yet — and ( after I 've cleaned the car up a bit ) head out of the city and across the grey bridge in a day of squally , buffeting rain that has the bridge 's 40-limit signs on , high-sided vehicles banned and the 205 dancing its Dunlops sideways as the gusts hit . |
| 9 | If you 'd made your mind up a bit earlier instead of farting about . |
| 10 | It only made sense to put tea back a bit . |
| 11 | Anyway then I said are they interested in this quiz night , and she says I have n't go she says she 'd ask Jan , I said well give me a ring back a bit later . |
| 12 | Yeah , I know it still needs treatment but I mean it 'll try and get the swelling down a bit . |
| 13 | I 'd better try to tidy my desk up a bit . ’ |
| 14 | Dee had just opened the two-litre engine up a bit on a dual carriageway and realized how quick the car was . |
| 15 | turn the sound down a bit |
| 16 | Projet de Gauche and Projet de Droite ( e1 and E2 5b respectively ) push the grade up a bit and , like the excellent Excelsior ( E25c,5c ) , both finish with tricky walls . |
| 17 | ‘ Look , Dorothy , I hired you because I thought you might shake the place up a bit , so if you are unhappy here , that 's at least partly my fault . |
| 18 | But when she had asked if they could n't warm the place up a bit with some pretty colors , Dr. Briant had said sharply that they had to avoid confusing their color appreciation tests later , and she 'd have all the color she wanted then . |
| 19 | Might freshen the place up a bit , thought Nelly , stepping out into the storm . |
| 20 | We usually have to queue up in the rain because Mr Barnes — our ‘ Supa-Tuta ’ — keeps the door locked until his arrival , to prevent vandalism ( although there are those who think that a spot of creative vandalism would smarten the place up a bit ! ) . |
| 21 | But he could n't enlighten them : he only had orders to ‘ paint the place up a bit ’ . |
| 22 | He would walk in a day before a College hop and say , ‘ Good heavens : We must tart the place up a bit . |
| 23 | ‘ Tidy this place up a bit , will you ? ’ |
| 24 | Those young people , well , they did talk a bit loudly and show off , but they always had a smile and a pleasant word , and they did brighten the place up a bit , you could n't deny it . |
| 25 | We need a bit of posh to tart the place up a bit . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Cheer the place up a bit , you mean ? ’ |
| 27 | I clambered up into the loft , all sunlight and warmth and smelling of old and interesting books , and I decided to clear the place up a bit . |
| 28 | The fire had at last begun to warm the room up a bit , and the brandy was warming him up inside , and Preston was suddenly feeling terribly , terribly randy . |
| 29 | Have you tidied your room up a bit ? |
| 30 | I had the hair up a bit and I liked Siouxsie & The Banshees — does that make me a goth ? ’ |