Example sentences of "bit [conj] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These harness decorations were attached to the snaffle bit or the band below the horses ear . |
| 2 | Behaviour has to be shaped up , bit by bit until the child is able to complete the whole of it as one process . |
| 3 | The basic unit of storage is the 8-bit character or byte ; unlike the IBM 1401 , all eight bits are available for holding information , there being no word mark bit and the parity bit being a ninth ( hidden ) bit . |
| 4 | He came back with some coarse paper towels from the forecourt dispenser and wiped my mouth with one bit and the rest of my face with another bit . |
| 5 | ‘ He went into the bend with Glengar Ranger , who took him out a bit and the winner got on the inside of them down the back straight . |
| 6 | Leeds started the first half well , with Deane getting a very early chance , Speed got in his way a bit and the header was a typical powder puff in the end . |
| 7 | Meditation is the goad , the bit and the whip of the mind . |
| 8 | ‘ I was going as carefully as I could because I had a 25-second cushion over Berger so I was able to slow down a bit and the pain eased . |
| 9 | Other typical signs indicating a problem with sharp teeth are , as already mentioned , the evasion of the bit and the horse quidding while eating ( food drops out of the mouth ) ; nodding while being ridden , hanging on the bit to one side , ie pulling on one rein and , in more extreme cases , rearing and bolting. teeth should be left until they are mature . |
| 10 | They paid a bit and the Railway paid a bit . |
| 11 | Turn the gain down a bit and the reverb up and this translates into old Roy Buchanan — anyone remember Sweet Dreams ? |
| 12 | Well a bit cos the other 's in the the garden shed , you know , with the seed and that . |
| 13 | Not the pointed bit but the gutter level . |
| 14 | Mildew is destructive to cotton whereas nylon looks stained and smells a bit but the fabric remains intact . |
| 15 | ‘ The company has shrunk a bit since the move , ’ says Phil Longden , 33 , an applications programmer with the company since 1986 . |
| 16 | That 's right , so I filled it in because that 's what you do if you get stuck on Keele you fill in the bits that the computer has n't |
| 17 | ‘ Vicky is thrilled to bits that the dog has been found . |
| 18 | I ca n't tell where the real bits and the dream overlap . ’ |
| 19 | Each micro-instruction is divided into two portions , the control bits and the sequencing bits . |
| 20 | Mum Pat Hoey , 48 , said : ‘ Vicky is thrilled to bits after the dog was found by two women who had seen the story in the Echo and looked for our house in Tuebrook . |
| 21 | The joint always has to sag a bit before the control starts to push it . |
| 22 | It does n't help your orientation one bit when the land is indistinguishable from the sky , nor indeed when you 're not quite sure whether you 've left the land yet . |
| 23 | The dark bit when the moon is like that is furthest away from you . |
| 24 | on the bus a bit when the weather improves I shall like to go to Harrendle |