Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] [verb] [adv] a bit " in BNC.
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1 | One night I stopped on a bit at the dance in Cotherstone and had to walk home because I could n't get a lift from anyone . |
2 | I 've been retired from playing for five years , although this season I messed about a bit just to keep in touch with what was going on , and I really do think that someone else should have the honour of captaining the team . |
3 | But I , I do n't know whether Dave has , I mean you see my friend Pam whose husband Steve is an airline pilot she knows quite a bit about this because Steve was an illegitimate child in London , in West Ham . |
4 | On the higher literary level it rubbished quite a bit of Hardy and much of D.H.Lawrence . |
5 | But maybe it was the way he was looking across at her with those all-seeing predatory jet-black eyes of his , or maybe it was the way she felt just a bit claustrophobic at being shut up beside him in the narrow confines of the car and the desire that sparked in her to have this ordeal over quickly , but all at once an idea popped into her head . |
6 | But it was worse before , after I had a shower it went down a bit , but it was really red and . |
7 | It 's about time we loosened up a bit anyway . |