Example sentences of "be a [adj] bit " in BNC.

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1 What was I , oh yes erm , do you find that like maybe like one section thinks they 're a wee bit better than another section ?
2 They 're a wee bit yucky !
3 ‘ For the first time we 're a little bit on the sidelines and in some ways this will make the Government 's standpoint a bit stronger , ’ reckons Kern .
4 I feel they 're a little bit of a waste of time … the course I 'm doing , I 'm gaining knowledge which I can use ; which , I mean , you ca n't really use a history degree unless you 're going to be an archaeologist or an historian or a teacher .
5 You can see a body and like , Oh what 's that ? and then you you know , you 're a little bit er relieved when it moves .
6 And if we can do that to someone because , well they 're religious nuts , they 're they 're a little bit different .
7 Admittedly they 're a little bit less streamlined but if you 're going to say that that makes a serious difference
8 Erm I think possibly just the trees themselves are we you know , th okay they 're olive trees , so they 're a little bit unusual , we do n't get too many olive trees growing in this country , but I 'm not so sure that they 're as er that attractive to make a , a photograph solely out of the olive trees .
9 We 're talking a lot of money here and I wonder whether we 're a little bit erm , over-optimistic that the five hundred thousand is going to be adequate .
10 They 're a little bit frail for that .
11 I think you 're a little bit much .
12 if they do n't understand , leave it until they 're a little bit older and there 's other , lots of other things they can learn to concentrate on .
13 A lot of people see T N T , even though they 're expensive , they are what most people ex , appreciate they 're a little bit exclusive as well , with the service that they offer , the image they portray .
14 That 's alright Charlotte can you pull your trousers up at the back , they 're a little bit falling down good girl .
15 And they 're a little bit over , yeah .
16 Well y they 're a little bit like nuclear electricity in terms of erm the expensive end are n't they ?
17 They 're a little bit hard
18 But they 're a little bit heavier them there .
19 They 're a little bit big
20 yeah , no they 're a little bit big so , yeah they look nice though , he likes a bath
21 They 're a little bit faded today , we 're all in today , which makes it a little bit easier .
22 Well er we 're a little bit perturbed here all the er shopkeepers and the people here in the heart of Newark , er it 's been put out on er Nottingham Radio that er Newark is actually closed to people .
23 We 're a little bit topsy and turvy cos er our programme researcher Sophie er is er is not with us today and as a result we 're a bit topsy and turvy and I have n't got all the papers associated with Foster and Allen but we 'll get all the details from F two lads when they come in .
24 Because the County Council realize now that they 're a little bit in advance of everybody and because the District Council feel that they can get designation by supporting this and not voting against it , the chances are that Wheatley is going to be totally deprived of a public enquiry , which practically every other site is guaranteed .
25 Does my writing this down now mean that I am a little bit reconciled to myself ?
26 Maybe I am a little bit past the fully active phase .
27 ‘ I am a little bit sore .
28 She said : ‘ I have never been in an aeroplane and I am a little bit nervous . ’
29 Well I am a little bit .
30 We are being faced with ten million pounds worth of cuts in research and development over the next three years , so anything what this Government comes up with does n't surprise me , but I am a little bit devastated .
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