Example sentences of "[be] [adj] a bit [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The colt races in the colours of Chris 's wife Shirley , and they 're due a bit of luck — a horse they bought over from Ireland for Henrietta Knight to train died of colic not long ago . |
| 2 | ‘ There is a ‘ deposition ’ which seems an awfully good beginning for something : they 're all a bit like that : you know : awfully good beginnings . |
| 3 | But we 're worried a bit about her state of mind . |
| 4 | It is about time fortune smiled on United and the way they went into the lead was to be honest a bit of a fluke . |
| 5 | One general practitioner , who works in a large multipartner practice in Worksop , said that the community care reforms were all a bit of a mystery . |
| 6 | John bent to the floor , picked something up and said : ‘ Excuse me , is that a bit of your brain ? ’ |
| 7 | Is that a bit of hate I hear ? |
| 8 | That 's right a bit of a wank yeah , turn it on . |
| 9 | I think the Glasgow business is all a bit of hype . |
| 10 | Then I let him down and from then on it 's all a bit of a blur . |
| 11 | It 's all a bit of fun , until you hear that voice . |
| 12 | It 's all a bit of whimsy , is n't it — voting for your favourite animals ? |
| 13 | ‘ Whatever we do in this business , it 's all a bit of a show . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm afraid it 's all a bit of a misunderstanding , ’ Shufflebotham said with a light chuckle . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's all a bit of a joke , ’ she said . |
| 16 | Yeah , yeah , it 's all a bit of pizzazz I suppose . |
| 17 | I do n't know how much gets sold , it 's all a bit of a , I mean there 's no room , it 's only a very small anti-room is n't it ? |
| 18 | They all know they were all told that it 's it 's all a bit above board . |
| 19 | It 's all a bit like going back to the Fifties , when TV 's role was to entertain and inform in equal measure . |
| 20 | As the chubby fallen cherub howls into the first of three solo shows with a head-down run through purely Pixies material , it 's all a bit like coming across the devil conducting a cheery pub singalong . |
| 21 | As the chubby fallen cherub howls into the first of three solo shows with a head-down run through purely Pixies material , it 's all a bit like coming across the devil conducting a cheery pub singalong . |
| 22 | Trained over here with Mill Hill Cricket Club , that 's stuck a bit by er Tufnell and I think we might say that beat in the air , his attempted sweep failed completely . |
| 23 | It was all a bit beyond him — and what concern was it of his ! |
| 24 | It did n't seem too distressed by life in the aviary with the other birds , although I imagine it was all a bit of a come-down for this once proud and merciless hunter of the skies . |
| 25 | ‘ That was all a bit of a shame ’ , recalls Probyn , ‘ because the French are without doubt the best set of forwards you play against . |
| 26 | And there was a suspicion in Britain that it was all a bit of a plot to er to kind of isolate Turkey . |
| 27 | It was all a bit of a shock . ’ |
| 28 | Yet at least it was all a bit of a relief , was n't it ? |
| 29 | It was all a bit of a blur that night . |
| 30 | ‘ As a matter of fact it was all a bit of a shock . |