Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [adv] a bit " in BNC.
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| 1 | Basically it grew out of the idea that what the West represented , and the English middle class best of all , was something to emulate , look up to , admire — all the rest was just a bit rude and best if it politely disappeared . |
| 2 | Actual evidence was still a bit short on the ground ( burning the vicious letter to Jacqui and the Sweet photographs had shown a regrettable lack of detective instinct ) . |
| 3 | Her baby 's father was quite a bit older than she , twenty-six , and wanted her to have the baby because he thought that having mumps had made him sterile . |
| 4 | In any case , my father was obviously a bit of an embarrassment to his brother : Harold Swan pressed home the point that my father might have a fit during a performance . |
| 5 | Frightened them , judged Alice , pleased this had been so , for she did feel that Jasper was sometimes a bit too casual about things . |
| 6 | But Northanger Abbey was definitely a bit curious ! |
| 7 | The statement was probably a bit of an exaggeration but it demonstrated just how strongly Peter Fonda felt about the Nicholson play . |
| 8 | Besides , she told herself firmly , this time the sea was merely a bit choppy . |
| 9 | ‘ She should have worn her flip-flops , ’ he said , and was startled by the sudden explosion of mirth , but then his mother was always a bit prone to that sort of thing . |