Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [art] bit " in BNC.
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1 | To tell the truth , I think they were all a bit scared of him . |
2 | A palace aide said last night : ‘ We were all a bit apprehensive about the lunch but when they arrived they put everyone at ease . |
3 | They were all a bit afraid of what Ifor would say if they did wrong . |
4 | One general practitioner , who works in a large multipartner practice in Worksop , said that the community care reforms were all a bit of a mystery . |
5 | You were all a bit concerned I suppose ? |
6 | " At lunch we were all a bit subdued , " he said . |
7 | ‘ For the first few days they were all a bit subdued , ’ Bob said . |
8 | but I mean they were sort of saying anything over twenty four and were toiling a bit . |
9 | It was relieved a bit when Clark squared the match with a birdie on the 16th and transformed altogether when the Americans both pushed their approaches to the long 17th hole to lose that as well . |
10 | But they 're like you know , I suppose everyone goes through , I bet my dad was like that when he was younger a bit you know , all have a laugh and a joke and |
11 | It was all a bit odder than that . |
12 | It was all a bit beyond him — and what concern was it of his ! |
13 | It did n't seem too distressed by life in the aviary with the other birds , although I imagine it was all a bit of a come-down for this once proud and merciless hunter of the skies . |
14 | ‘ That was all a bit of a shame ’ , recalls Probyn , ‘ because the French are without doubt the best set of forwards you play against . |
15 | He says , philosophically , that ‘ those engines were prone to signing off even when they were is service ’ , but somehow this was all a bit personal . |
16 | And there was a suspicion in Britain that it was all a bit of a plot to er to kind of isolate Turkey . |
17 | It was all a bit disconcerting . |
18 | It was all a bit complicated and was n't particularly easy to put on . ’ |
19 | It was all a bit of a shock . ’ |
20 | Yet at least it was all a bit of a relief , was n't it ? |
21 | It was all a bit of a blur that night . |
22 | ‘ Yes , I gather it was all a bit sudden . ’ |
23 | ‘ As a matter of fact it was all a bit of a shock . |
24 | ‘ It was all a bit garbled . |
25 | It was all a bit pompous . |
26 | I had my hair cut very very short and I just all of a sudden realised that it was all a bit serious ; that something else was about to happen . |
27 | This was all a bit sudden , I though you were better . |