Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [art] bit [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | depending on whether we take the " " mayden " " as a vocative ( i.e. " girl , I love no one more than thee " ) or as the object of the lost verb of line 14 , whereby the -clause becomes a restrictive relative clause ( " I love no maiden more than you … " [ but I might love some just as much or only a bit less ] ) . |
2 | Some subjects are painful , sensational , controversial or just a bit too exciting . |
3 | After that the total amounts , or even a bit more if we look at it , erm , what over factor , Janet , no John , it must be John 's turn now , affects the allocation to units in those first four years by looking at that table . |
4 | As to Mr. Cox himself , we obtained very little information that we did not already have , although perhaps a bit more detailed . |
5 | The trip to USA will give him a bit more confidence — and hopefully a bit more resolve to show his stuf in training . |
6 | And then a bit later my father . ’ |
7 | And then a bit later , her poor father , may the Lord have mercy on him , went out one evening with his wits scattered and fell over the cliff into the quarry . ’ |
8 | Some of us remember the old days when the NI was gloriously unpredictable — one month a short story taking up the whole magazine , the next a cartoon issue and then a bit later a fold-out world map . |
9 | and then that was it and then a bit later on , that was all they said about me haircut and then during the break somebody else said , there 's something else gone as well and they could n't make out what it what done mine in , my musical director he come , he says you know what will look nice now with that haircut do n't you ? |
10 | There was Mr and then a bit further up on the right hand side was a fella who used to have the contract for making the bread for the |
11 | and then a bit more cleaning . |
12 | You just want a quick glance at it to see what she , oh well half of it 's saved and then a bit more than a quarter . |
13 | You do n't want a bit of sedimentation and then a gap when nothing was being laid down and then a bit more being sedimented , because , you know , you do n't know then whether the jumps you see in the record are simply there because there was a gap in deposition , or whether they really reflect the sudden change in the population . |
14 | Terry Scott played a sergeant ( and then disappeared until quite a bit later in the series ) . |
15 | The Sumatran tiger is more closely and deceptively striped than his larger Indian cousin , and quite a bit more intelligent . |
16 | Oh all of that , name calling and and quite a bit more . |
17 | ‘ We still will , but perhaps a bit more slowly now . ’ |
18 | They 're good boys , but always a bit too enthusiastic , if you know what I mean . ’ |
19 | ‘ He is very charismatic , is n't he , but possibly a bit more removed , more aloof , than the other leaders , ’ said Miss Cathryn Avison , 22 , a first-time voter . |