Example sentences of "[art] bit [adj] [subord] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm ah , now that erm I think I was reasonably happy most of the time , erm I know if I can sort of look at the other side of the coin erm , I became a bit apprehensive as the war went on and er , obviously it was n't going to last much longer . |
| 2 | It 's always a bit sad when a door closes — it seems so final . |
| 3 | The use of the relay at this point may seem a bit odd as the switching could be electronically activated , but the use of a mechanical relay introduces a small but desirable time variation ( as well as possible bounce ! ) in the duration of the relays closure and so helps in enhancing the random operation of IC6 during the short time that the VCO is producing its high frequency output . |
| 4 | ‘ We were a bit shocked when the fire brigade arrived to cover it in foam . ’ |
| 5 | Obviously the City boys are a bit fussier than the country boys about when they play . |
| 6 | That 's a bit better because a gradient of one is forty five degrees and we s we said it should be more than that . |
| 7 | He 's just a bit cleverer than the rest , but willing to take advice with it , and is happy being the writer he always wanted to be . |
| 8 | One leg was a bit shorter than the other , I think . |
| 9 | But ones a bit politer than the other that 's all . |
| 10 | An annuity is an arrangement with a financial institution whereby , if you are over retirement age and do not want to leave your property to anyone when you die , they will effectively buy your house from you ( albeit at a bit less than the market price ) , give you guaranteed security of tenure until you die , and turn the money that they pay you for the house into a regular income for life . |
| 11 | Mars takes a bit longer to revolve on its axis than the Earth , so a Mars afternoon would be a bit longer than an Earth afternoon . |
| 12 | Cos the fact that they only went down there , came back and were milling around waiting I would n't have been a bit surprised cos the car was a filthy old car . |
| 13 | Also , I am a bit older than the rest of you , but you can perhaps understand that I do n't want to drop dead without a proper and public recantation . |