Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [adv prt] a bit " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even very old people sometimes have to suddenly grow up a bit . ’ |
| 2 | And , perhaps going back a bit and looking at the history of the last ten years , it is important to realize that we have developed small centres as well as large ones . |
| 3 | well was it the diameter divided by the circumference or was it the other way round , and you right them on paper and C over D , D over C , does n't look any different , and you get locked into the problem and you just back off a bit and think of something real , like when you measured it |
| 4 | We w we was partnerships you see well when our place collapsed they carried on just carried on a bit because they were connected with Japan . |
| 5 | Erm , just to pull back a bit then , I mean , two things seem to , I mean have we , what is our view on you putting Sarah in the middle if we do n't recruit , and two , do n't we need , probably the four of us to look at current resources |
| 6 | Okay can we j will we just clear up a bit more . |
| 7 | And if he had to set out on this nonsensical journey to the Fire Court with the Humans , it would be as well to just stock up a bit for his return . |
| 8 | Just hold on a bit , wo n't you ? |
| 9 | They might have just threw in a bit er more from paper three . |
| 10 | But she just gets up a bit quick . |
| 11 | I do n't mind , I do n't mind so long as I just get out a bit on , into town and |
| 12 | On the right , just set back a bit . |
| 13 | I 'm just tidying up a bit while you 're singing darling |
| 14 | you can just go down a bit like that . |
| 15 | Can we just quieten down a bit please . |
| 16 | I do n't wonder whether it would be helpful just step back a bit and just look at the county council 's view as to how it should treat migration in the light of what the Secretary of State has approved on two occasions , when this issue has come up . |
| 17 | Yeah well , you see , we found that for the first three or four years now they 've gradually dropped off a bit , but they did used to , I mean they still come , but it |
| 18 | It still lingers on a bit though . |
| 19 | His trousers usually fell down a bit and he was observed to be always hitching them up by peculiar digs with his elbows . |
| 20 | ‘ We 'd both grown up a bit , that 's all . |
| 21 | However , having carelessly left the shed unlocked , our mower and strimmer were stolen and , as we are both getting on a bit , we decided we would take up the lawn and put down gravel instead . |
| 22 | Charles was essentially a shopkeeper and pig butcher ; he turned his waste animal fats into tallow candles — a foul-smelling process at best — to sell to those who chose not to make their own , and also kept up a bit of a sideline in cheese — a product for which the area was , of course , justifiably famous . |
| 23 | In fairness to those whose questions come further down the Order Paper , I propose now to speed up a bit . |
| 24 | I mean certainly the social services now divide up a bit . |
| 25 | We say well pick up a bit of experience here |
| 26 | Yeah , well brightening up a bit |
| 27 | ‘ Could you please speak up a bit , Inspector ? |
| 28 | So maybe , it would have been better if you could have even got down a bit lower and to , to , to get more of it from the horizon . |
| 29 | If he had any energy left over he might well indulge in a bit more naughty meddling . |
| 30 | ‘ Having committed one offence and been given a criminal recordfor innocent hacking , they may feel that they might as well get in a bit deeper . ’ |