Example sentences of "get [adv] a bit " in BNC.

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1 'Cos , like , just 'cos you 're gettin' on a bit does n't mean you ca n't wear fab gear an' pull groovy chicks an' that .
2 it it got away a bit you know and and
3 And er when you 'd got on a bit you delivered the baby but the midwife was there to see you did n't make any mistakes and , and really to t teach you to do it .
4 So maybe , it would have been better if you could have even got down a bit lower and to , to , to get more of it from the horizon .
5 Erm , I think possibly again , if you 'd got down a bit lower this sort of little rise in the ground there , that er that 's a , it 's erm what do you call it ?
6 We 've got just a bit of sun .
7 And er quarter to eight er quarter to nine in the morning , all the commuters are running around half asleep , wish they 'd got up a bit earlier but they did n't .
8 I 've got quite a bit at home .
9 I waited an hour for you to come , and , from the look of it , I 've got quite a bit to catch up on .
10 I think this has got quite a bit of vodka in it . ’
11 Oh yeah , you 've got quite a bit of time , number seven .
12 So we 've got quite a bit off this one
13 They are a I mean , quite honestly these courses are these things erm they 're not gon na do them you know , they 're not just sort of fairy things you 've got quite a bit of erm thinking to do and and so on and they 're pretty exhausting !
14 I 've got quite a bit of responsibility to do .
15 suppose they 've still got quite a bit of own a lot of put plants up there and there .
16 And we 've got quite a bit well either that or we could watch the programme and then wash up , clear up and go to bed .
17 Yeah I mean we , we 've got quite a bit of a follow on down in er the Lewisham area
18 But the sad thing is , he 's got he 's got quite a bit of brain , ai n't he , to come out , you know , little things like , although they 're rude , he 's obviously aware , but he 's wasting it all , ai n't he ?
19 However , having carelessly left the shed unlocked , our mower and strimmer were stolen and , as we are both getting on a bit , we decided we would take up the lawn and put down gravel instead .
20 He was getting on a bit , transferred in to the Mounted .
21 Mr Jagger responded by saying , ‘ Poor old Bill 's getting on a bit now , you know .
22 NOW that 's he getting on a bit , Eric Clapton is steering clear of his flashy Ferraris and Alfa Romeos .
23 ‘ He was getting on a bit , was n't he ? ’
24 They were getting on a bit when I was born . ’
25 I ca n't believe Mel is the player he was two years ago and he must be getting on a bit now , but we have still got Ray Wallace just incase I s'pose .
26 She says you have to be brusque with them because they 're getting on a bit , you know .
27 ‘ He is getting on a bit , he is going grey round the whiskers and has a milky white coat .
28 You get down a bit lower and I 'll drop it down to you
29 Get up a bit earlier and try a bit harder
30 But she just gets up a bit quick .
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