Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] a bit [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He may have been looking a bit weary , but he was doing a splendid linking job and Whitton found it hard fill the gap . |
| 2 | Things are looking a bit funny — you know , a bit dizzy-making . |
| 3 | well they 're looking a bit dull |
| 4 | ‘ You 're looking a bit peaky , ’ they told her at work , and she tried desperately to conceal her fatigue . |
| 5 | ‘ You 're looking a bit peaky . |
| 6 | In spite of your tan , you 're looking a bit peaky , my dear . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ You 're looking a bit tired , ’ Maggie commented to Laura as she gave the porridge another stir . |
| 8 | I must get the daffodils out of the porch and change the ones round the house , they 're looking a bit tired . |
| 9 | you 're looking a bit unsure . |
| 10 | And you 're looking a bit off-colour , to be honest . |
| 11 | ‘ You 're looking a bit pale son . |
| 12 | Well you 're going a bit early are n't you ? |
| 13 | You 're sounding a bit weary . |
| 14 | can you all try to as we 're getting a bit late . |
| 15 | You 're getting a bit prudish are n't you ? |
| 16 | I think we 're getting a bit low on shampoo but that |
| 17 | You 're getting a bit restless . |
| 18 | they 're getting a bit active I would think ! |
| 19 | I think you 're getting a bit fat round the middle now ! |
| 20 | But I mean y'know ah y'know g if you want if you 're in that s if you 're getting a bit worried about it , do get out of the room for a bit and then come back in later . |
| 21 | you 're getting a bit panicky , and you measure it round this way instead . |
| 22 | You 're getting a bit big to stand on daddy . |
| 23 | Right , next one is poison must get a move on cos we 're running a bit late so as we 're going to poisons later I 'll just go on to say here that there 's four ways poisons can get into the body . |
| 24 | And that you know perhaps this is er erm publicity wise I wonder whether we 're falling a bit short on our publicity . |
| 25 | So , we 're feeling a bit peaky are we ? |
| 26 | Like Terry Venables calling for a pre-match arsenic , the old trouper knows that the best way to disarm your critics is to make ‘ em laugh , but the joke has been wearing a bit thin , and it was with some relief that he swopped his sheepish smile for a satisfied one . |
| 27 | It was ours though , and Mrs Logue 's parlour had been getting a bit rough lately . |
| 28 | ‘ I suppose we are getting a bit blasé about having television companies down at the railway , ’ admitted Operations Manager Martin Millar . |
| 29 | Well I had to have something to perk it up and vegetables are getting a bit iffy at this time of year . |
| 30 | My ‘ put downs ’ and arguments for the Scum being scum , although indeniably true are getting a bit thin . |