Example sentences of "[pers pn] have been a bit " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I realised I 'd been a bit heavy . |
| 2 | ‘ Educationally and professionally , I 'd been a bit of a prodigy — always the youngest in my league . |
| 3 | I 'd been a bit dithery for a few days , sort of clumsy and absentminded , as you often get when you 're feeling under the weather . |
| 4 | I thought that maybe I 'd been a bit harsh last night . ’ |
| 5 | In answer to Merrill 's questioning face , he went on , ‘ I think I once told you that I 'd been a bit — wild . |
| 6 | ‘ If only I 'd been a bit more sophisticated when we first got married . ’ |
| 7 | In the early days I had been a bit disappointed that the NUJ had n't immediately leapt to John 's defence , but ever since I had first been to see the General Secretary , Harry Conroy , and his assistant , Tom Nash , the union had done what it could to respond to what was asked of them . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've been a bit lucky , ’ he said , modestly . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've been a bit depressed , ’ she said , ‘ that 's all . ’ |
| 10 | Today he can look in his pharaoh-style mirror and say , ‘ Oh dear , I 've been a bit of a git . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I ca n't help feeling , ’ says Howard , sticking his head forward ruefully , ‘ now I know who you are , that I 've been a bit outspoken in some of my remarks about the system . ’ |
| 12 | I should be congratulated not criticized , and if sometimes I 've been a bit unfair , played a bit of a game , that 's life is n't it . |
| 13 | I 'm sorry , I 'm sorry I 've been a bit steady getting there , but I think it 's an important issue to tackle that , quality is horses for courses and we have to accept the fact that we 're gon na get prestige type jobs and quick slick jobs , especially in the beginning of March every year . |
| 14 | I 've been a bit dull of hearing and I have n't got my hearing aid in . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm sorry if I 've been a bit below par this evening , ’ she apologised . |
| 16 | I know I 've been a bit stupid , but I 'm trying to get my act together and all Luke-do-it-all-Denner does is give me a hard time ! |
| 17 | But it seems I 've been a bit blasé about pregnancy 's being ‘ a perfectly natural physical state ’ — dear Dr Newne hit his surgery roof when I casually mentioned flying to St Lucia ! |
| 18 | I have been a bit negative about memes , but they have their cheerful side as well . |
| 19 | I 'd got a troublesome cough developed , and now looking back through the years , er it would have been a sort of hay-feverish condition that I I have been a bit bothered with . |
| 20 | Erm I have been a bit hoarse lately but that 's neither here nor there . |
| 21 | ‘ She 'd been a bit bored , ’ she said . |
| 22 | All right , so she 'd been a bit odd since Ryan had left . |
| 23 | ‘ Jimmy , who had n't said a word , suddenly said , ‘ You know , Leslie , you 've been a bit of a bastard , have n't you … |
| 24 | If only she had been a bit more accommodating , a bit more enthusiastic . |
| 25 | She 's been a bit funny these last couple of days , like summat 's bothering her or summat . |
| 26 | She 's been a bit snuffly … |
| 27 | Marjorie said , ‘ She 's been a bit cross all morning . |
| 28 | She 's been a bit sick . |
| 29 | If we had , if we 'd been a bit more rigorous with our criteria , our group would have got smaller . |
| 30 | We 've been a bit lucky because , although our ball is in high rough — and I mean high ; it was up to Greg 's knees — we 've caught a good lie , so he can hit a pitching-wedge back on to the fairway . |