Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [adv] a bit " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Jackson stayed quite a bit . |
| 2 | His smile diminished just a bit . |
| 3 | And it looked as if she had been stabbed with a weapon that had a central rib ; the wound gaped quite a bit in the middle . |
| 4 | But peter pulled away a bit in the second round ( Thomson 71 ; Thomas 74 ) and he won by four strokes . |
| 5 | Suddenly , life looked quite a bit brighter . |
| 6 | Non-existent until about I should n't think there was an a bus did come to the bottom of Road , I ca n't remember what was , it must have been about nineteen twenty I suppose something like that , it used to go to the bottom of Road and turn round there , but I never er my mother always used to say you 'd ruin the trade , the trade down well I do n't believe it did really er now I think the lack of transport now you 've hit something there , lack of transport there encouraged people to shop in Green rather to go down the town cos you could get anything off Green you know , you just think you 'd ju you , you smiled about the er butcher 's shops , the grocer 's shops , the cake shops , you could get the gents , you could get anything on Green the ironmonger shop , you need n't go anywhere else but , when they started transport er yes I think the buses had quite a bit gradually cos things that , you do n't think get things happening in this country overnight I mean , they grow on you do n't they ? |
| 7 | With almost all the farms having stock on them for 365 days , and with wives restricted in the heavy work they could do , most men had quite a bit to do when they returned from work . |
| 8 | Oh yes , Lemon had quite a bit up top , he should imagine , and all concealed under the cap and bells . |