Example sentences of "it a bit " in BNC.

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1 It simply means thinking a little about your diet and daily routine , and improving it a bit at a time .
2 But roughing it a bit is part of the fun . ’
3 If I see one that looks like it 's growing good , I might give it some extra feed and talk to it a bit . ’
4 But one does have to think about it a bit !
5 Cockney Rebel had it a bit , and it was the time of the film Cabaret , The Rocky Horror Show and Biba 's nightclub on the roof of what used to be Derry and Toms Every other phrase in the newspapers seemed to be ‘ Iounge lizard ’ .
6 They did n't say , as the teds did , I can only wear a drape They 'd mix it a bit , getting into biker stuff and cap-sleeved T-shirts .
7 I adjusted the position of my skis , laid out the chute lines , hauled in the centre cord a little , clipped the controller into my climbing harness , thought about it a bit , hauled the lines up to give the nylon a bit of air , closed my eyes and gritted my teeth .
8 Anything western was frowned upon , so I thought I 'd give it a bit of time before I got into my trousers and things .
9 I shake it a bit and hear a rattling , so I look inside .
10 But having it dished up twice in just 19 days — in what seems suspiciously like identical form — seems to be going it a bit .
11 But anyway , we finished the ‘ Space Oddity ’ album and promoted it a bit .
12 ‘ Well , why do n't we chew on it a bit ? ’ asked the ageing Chairman .
13 Early fifties is leaving it a bit late .
14 ‘ Well , having just arrived in France , Christopher , I find it a bit overwhelming .
15 ‘ So she wants us to pay a bit more attention , to think about it a bit .
16 Second hurdle , managed it a bit better , gave him the signal three strides from the jump , felt him lift off at the right time , felt his assurance flow back and his faith in me revive , even if provisionally .
17 ‘ Stretching it a bit , ’ I said .
18 Then I went through the samples in my kitchen and realised that , rather than look at the non-mainstream areas , I could look at wines from perfectly accepted areas that broke the usual conventions ; or in one brilliant example , I could see what great traditional winemakers — in this case a pair of Burgundian grandees — could do when they decided to rough it a bit in France 's far south .
19 ‘ Left it a bit late , have n't you ? ’
20 ‘ Maybe , man , but he 's left it a bit late , eh ? ’
21 I used to love the letters page but now it gets a bit bogged down in one debate — make it a bit longer and keep the ‘ one-off ’ letters/comments .
22 Maybe she 'll give it a bit of a clean-up then . ’
23 He thought about it a bit more and decided that home was the wrong word ; it was just the place where he lived .
24 In think you can write about it a bit more meaningfully than that . ’
25 So you say you 've found it a bit of a strain ?
26 It even took us into Cambridge a few times , but that was pushing it a bit — and once or twice we really had to .
27 Unfortunately , they overdid it a bit .
28 She is mother of a family that possesses 13 cubes , which is overdoing it a bit , I reckon .
29 Even after five years they were finding it a bit difficult in Oxford , you see , a bit sticky .
30 ‘ Oh yes — you 've done something to it — was n't it a bit longer ?
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