Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] [be] [verb] a bit " in BNC.

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1 But if we alter the length of the sleeves and the shape of the neck we are getting a bit nearer to our own design .
2 Yes and they were , he was playing with his toys and his bricks and he was , in the evening you were feeling a bit sick sometimes with it was pretty rough crossing , er that was across the channel .
3 He was heard to say to Winner , ‘ You know , I feel that in this sequence I 'm running a bit too slowly .
4 now I am retired and er yes last year I was feeling a bit decrepit , you know I used to go for a full wal walk round after lunch , after dinner , around where she lives and it 's much harder now .
5 So I told him he 'd better go , because by this time I was bubbling a bit and I wanted to kill the man : I was n't really prepared to lose any time over hitting a court welfare officer .
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