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 .
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