Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] been [art] bit " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 's been a bit funny these last couple of days , like summat 's bothering her or summat . |
| 2 | She 's been a bit snuffly … |
| 3 | Marjorie said , ‘ She 's been a bit cross all morning . |
| 4 | She 's been a bit sick . |
| 5 | Fish Sparks , who 's been a bit down in the mouth since we rumbled his story , thought it was terrifically funny to start calling the Indians things like Sitting Bull and Tonto , but of course they did n't understand and anyway the rest of us sort of froze him out . |
| 6 | ‘ There has been a bit of that , ’ Naylor chipped in to own . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm afraid there 's been a bit of bother , Mrs Mitchell , ’ he said . |
| 8 | CS : ‘ And I suppose you think there 's been a bit too much soul . |
| 9 | ‘ There 's been a bit of a brain drain from Britain and relatively little real commercial activity there . |
| 10 | ‘ I say Charlie , a little bird told me that Joe there 's been a bit crafty . |
| 11 | ‘ Look here , there 's been a bit of an accident . |
| 12 | There 's been a bit of a fight down below . ’ |
| 13 | So do you think that erm when this law was erm pushed through in nineteen forty seven that er perhaps Mao you know well I think there 's been a bit of excess now , I think we 'll do some we just need , we just need a bit of a rush now just to take us through a bit and then we 'll stop it in a few months time . |
| 14 | ‘ There 's been a bit of a crisis over the weekend — some vital supplies have been held up — and , apparently , my presence is urgently required . ’ |
| 15 | Did you see that erm letter in the paper the other day about the , the introduction of sliced bread because there 's been a bit of a correspondence about it ? |
| 16 | Being certainly lost an opportunity by not being it 's only body there is an editing element in the book publishing section from the P G B and there are elements relating to us in the S P G of the Periodical Training Council and there will be bits of them in the public relations in the marketing one of which I 've got a copy of the draft , but you know there is nothing all embracing B T E C do graphics and journalism but there is no single forum , I mean that 's what so astonishing and interestingly somebody at B T E C told me the other day there 's been a bit of a problem about the the book editing part of the editing level three element um , and that 's partly political as to editing versus production because production 's level four and editing is level three , and that has made some problems apparently |
| 17 | I think there 's been a bit of improvement this year compared to last . |
| 18 | I 'm sure I told you there was n't another meeting when you asked me , and I gather there 's been a bit of a problem as well for other people . |
| 19 | Yes it goes like that , like you say , you know , it 's come in and I did n't have nothing to lose and things were going well , then there 's been a bit of a lull and erm like I say , we 've worked hard and we 've like with following in on this save earlier on . |
| 20 | Well he has been a bit |
| 21 | ‘ He has been a bit edgy , ’ said Helen . |
| 22 | I 've had this shrub for a few years now but it has been a bit reluctant to bloom . |
| 23 | ‘ It has been a bit painful , but I thought it would probably go away if I ignored it , so I did n't bother seeing my own doctor before we sailed . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Yes , you could say it has been a bit of an embarrassing muddle . |
| 25 | It 's been a bit of a pity , really , that rugby has taken over so much that I have n't been able to continue playing football . |
| 26 | If it 's anything like the majority of the population it 's been a bit hairy . |
| 27 | I mean I know there 's been a lot of debate and I know that er you may feel it 's been a bit of a waste of time |
| 28 | It 's been a bit of a nightmare . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Sorry about this , it 's been a bit of a lousy day . |
| 30 | It 's been a bit Well it 's it 's been been a bit difficult to test because with the sort of ready the read-me files . |