Example sentences of "[vb past] it a bit " in BNC.
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| 1 | I found it a bit disturbing sometimes but I just had to accept it . |
| 2 | Contains lots of currants , but testers found it a bit dry . |
| 3 | I found it a bit stilted , but Ted thought it warm . |
| 4 | I found it a bit too hypnotic for comfort . |
| 5 | I found it a bit odd that a sensible girl should write about them in that — that romantic way . ’ |
| 6 | Having read what the Queen 's Speech says on matters of foreign policy , I must say that I found it a bit of a mish-mash . |
| 7 | Took up some good positions , had one half chance which the keeper did well to hold , and then chased after a long ball , outrun 2 defenders , hit it first time from 25 yards or so — straight into the bottom right corner , well the keeper got a slight touch which lifted it a bit higher but you get the idea . |
| 8 | U-boat alley was the gap in mid-Atlantic where they did n't have air cover from Britain or Canada , but Preston always imagined it a bit like the alley at the back of their houses with a U-boat at each end firing torpedoes at Grandad as he hopped and scuttled down it on his way to the Turk 's Head . |
| 9 | But then we developed it a bit further like we did with negative numbers . |
| 10 | Er it spoilt it a bit when that guy in the glasses came on half way through . |
| 11 | Unfortunately , they overdid it a bit . |
| 12 | Porterfield added : ‘ We started well but lost it a bit and I was happy to be level at half-time . |
| 13 | Second hurdle , managed it a bit better , gave him the signal three strides from the jump , felt him lift off at the right time , felt his assurance flow back and his faith in me revive , even if provisionally . |
| 14 | I thought it a bit extreme to take the unit off as I 've found a much simpler way of stopping this problem of the springs sounding off in the back . |
| 15 | ‘ He asked for one last Christmas and I insisted even though Barry — Mr Tuckett — thought it a bit childish . ’ |
| 16 | I thought it a bit off that she 'd never asked how I 'd got her pendant back . |
| 17 | We made it a bit more Kinks-y and added just a little bit of flamenco , but how can you improve a great song like that ? ’ |
| 18 | I soon realized that if I made it a bit spicy , I 'd get more than threepence for it , so I used to make up limericks , things like , |
| 19 | Having to hold the button down all the time made it a bit awkward for looking out of the side window , but by craning her neck she could just manage to see the hole to the rear of the craft . |
| 20 | You know , perhaps if you straightened up on the side , or made it a bit more symmetrical , so that I know how to improve it next time . |
| 21 | You 'd gone in Blondies next door you might got it a bit cheaper and you can take yourself . |
| 22 | But anyway , we finished the ‘ Space Oddity ’ album and promoted it a bit . |
| 23 | He picked up the envelope and gave it a bit of a shake . |
| 24 | Mind you , Charles Laughton put it a bit of beef into it did n't he ? |
| 25 | ‘ Left it a bit late , have n't you ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I do n't suppose it 's impossible that he was in the thing , but as to screaming , do n't you think he left it a bit late ? ’ |
| 27 | They left it a bit late did n't they |
| 28 | Cockney Rebel had it a bit , and it was the time of the film Cabaret , The Rocky Horror Show and Biba 's nightclub on the roof of what used to be Derry and Toms Every other phrase in the newspapers seemed to be ‘ Iounge lizard ’ . |
| 29 | Was it Aunt Aunty Emma that had it a bit rough ? |