Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] a bit " in BNC.
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| 1 | He goes on a bit … ’ |
| 2 | Goes on a bit thick . |
| 3 | So you 've got the children tomorrow lunchtime , you 've got the band tomorrow evening , but the library exhibition goes on a bit longer ? |
| 4 | My staff were faced with untidy heaps of apparatus apparatus in equipment rooms , and received little or no help from the student representatives So and then it sort of flabbers on a bit saying they 're |
| 5 | It loops it goes down a bit . |
| 6 | if I may give you a word of advice , you may think it 's rude , but when Mr is asking questions try not to turn down towards him , if you try and face across the jury , that 's what carries the voice if you 're looking at them , if you turn to your left , a bit of your head goes down a bit , it 's only natural , you 're not as used to courts as Mr is , er , he , he , your , it , your voice smothers , it 's not a question of shouting it 's just looking in the right direction , yes Mr go on |
| 7 | It still lingers on a bit though . |
| 8 | Starts off a bit boring . |
| 9 | Yes that thing that trickles out a bit of water . |
| 10 | I 'm all for waiting till Mrs Fanshawe perks up a bit . ’ |
| 11 | At one stage a dancer cracks out the rhythm to a delicious reel , and in another place Liam ‘ Hothouse ’ O'Maonlai plays some batty didgeridoo lines and sings along a bit . |
| 12 | this bloke and his bird , right , and then ahead would n't like it clears up a bit in , in the Blackwall tunnel but it 's still like sort of five yards in between each car and he 's just like moving from lane to lane without signalling or anything |
| 13 | Ti amo : it sounds perhaps a bit too much like an aperitif , but is full of structural conviction with subject and verb , the doer and the deed , enclosed in the same word . |
| 14 | But she just gets up a bit quick . |
| 15 | ‘ The rate at which you burn up energy varies quite a bit between individuals . |
| 16 | This varies quite a bit , depending on the training and experience of the practitioner . |
| 17 | It takes quite a bit of practice to orientate and get the right position for the shot , and this is something worthwhile perfecting during the winter or when you are just flying locally . |
| 18 | ‘ Ringwood 's history with dogs goes back a bit further . |
| 19 | There 's no harm if she spoils Olly a bit . |
| 20 | War is in fact something about which Coleridge mentions quite a bit in the long poem Fears in Solitude , and from this we know his opinions on the whole affair are quite unfortunate : |
| 21 | , yes , what they do is say a bloke , one bloke owns quite a bit of that cricket ground , Tesco 's he said , Tesco 's what they sa , they know that he want 's , he 's put the plans in to upgrade all , to get a bigger site somewhere else , for |
| 22 | Well he plays quite a bit of guitar . |
| 23 | Er erm we have since had the alteration in our structure here which of course puts quite a bit of it out of date . |
| 24 | Erm it has been altered somewhat since the original er railway days , but nevertheless it retains quite a bit of the old character erm and er the high pitched roofs erm and the . |
| 25 | Oh he does quite a bit of , he does a bit of erm supplying it |
| 26 | ‘ They 've got three ships in there , and God knows what other generators and so on , all of which generates quite a bit of heat . |
| 27 | He comes on a bit slow , sometimes , and the old turbine up top does n't always chug away like a Lamborghini , but he gets there , he gets there . |
| 28 | So th the comes on a bit heavy at times does n't it ? |
| 29 | ‘ These two men could have gone away until the heat dies down a bit . |
| 30 | Well see if it comes up a bit . |