Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [adv] a bit " in BNC.

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1 So I gave up on the idea of girls until I was about fifteen , when I suppose my hormones calmed down a bit .
2 ‘ The lil ol boy turned up a bit quick : he come jus in time to hev a slice of his mother 's wedding cake . ’
3 The sun died down a bit did n't it ?
4 Speed was a bit of a non event ( although he did score a goal ! ) and Deane lumbered about a bit , but was strong when he got the ball .
5 Mr Jackson stayed quite a bit .
6 His smile diminished just a bit .
7 After that , things looked up a bit .
8 ‘ I 'll tell you on Monday morning , Rossiter , when I 've got things sorted out a bit .
9 ‘ The point is to get things cleared up a bit .
10 From the travel point of view things carried on a bit from there in a local sense .
11 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 .
12 Then the game slowed up a bit .
13 Do you want the curtains moved back a bit or
14 But peter pulled away a bit in the second round ( Thomson 71 ; Thomas 74 ) and he won by four strokes .
15 Suddenly , life looked quite a bit brighter .
16 When the explosions eased off a bit , I bade farewell to Pat and got out of the big house as quickly as possible .
17 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 ?
18 Men had n't a bit of sense when it came to personal relationships .
19 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 .
20 ‘ I managed to win a few line-out takes and the backrow picked up a bit of their possession which pleased us as a unit .
21 Oh yes , Lemon had quite a bit up top , he should imagine , and all concealed under the cap and bells .
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