Example sentences of "[adv] [was/were] a bit " in BNC.
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1 | So construed , a specific issue order means what the cognoscenti always thought that it meant but , since one member of the other group , the ‘ incognoscenti , ’ perhaps was a bit puzzled by it in the first place , I thought it was worthwhile to clarify the matter on this occasion . |
2 | I agreed to marriage counselling but only if I could go alone , although I knew that going alone was a bit like filing fiddled expenses . |
3 | a senior consultant in Consultancy Services , Risley , said although feelings generally were a bit mixed , ‘ I feel that we have been given a clearer picture of where AEA is heading although I expect to see a lot more changes before things settle down . ’ |
4 | I 'm sorry , I just was a bit confused . |
5 | ‘ She always was a bit doolally , ’ Mary Ann said , smiling . |
6 | ‘ Mind you , he always was a bit unpredictable , ’ he murmured . |
7 | He always was a bit sentimental , always the sensitive one , the bright one ; until his nasty experience everybody was sure he would go far . |
8 | They both laughed and her mother said , ‘ Yes , Irene always was a bit formidable . |
9 | She always was a bit ‘ igh and mighty for the likes of us , but I did ‘ ear mention that Kitty had been to see her at London University . ’ |
10 | I feel I am bowling well enough to play for England again , though Ian probably was a bit unlucky . |
11 | Yeah the stuff that , the stuff he got us before was a bit like that |
12 | He got straight back on to the divan and lay with his eyes shut , as if I should n't have come and I felt I ought never to have come ( especially without telling C ) , and I felt as well that it really was a bit much , a pose . |
13 | It really was a bit much , she thought , to leave it until now to make trouble about the course . |
14 | They asked me if this was the way down , which given my navigational skills thus far was a bit like asking a page three girl to compare Bertold Brecht with Harold Pinter . |
15 | Storing the furniture and the bits and pieces we did n't need immediately was a bit more difficult . |
16 | There wuz a bit of trouble outside the school gates when Sinead O'Connor said she was n't coming on the trip because she disapproved of buzzes and then she got on and took the best seat , ie the one at the back where me and Graham normally sit and smoke No6 . |
17 | Course one of the problems was you were checked in and checked out and if er you had n't come out there was a bit of a panic , Where is the person ? |
18 | And that again was a bit of a shock to the family concerned . |