Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [verb] a bit " in BNC.

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1 Strings were apparently omitted since the small scale ( the whole box is less than 16″x9″ ) made them look a bit stupid .
2 I thought about it and it made me feel a bit better .
3 That made me feel a bit of an outsider .
4 They gave me a pethidine injection which just made me feel a bit sleepy .
5 That made me feel a bit better , so I tottered to the top of the hill and stared bleakly around , in the equally bleak daylight .
6 You know , it made me feel a bit sick last night .
7 When you said you came from good tough stock it made me shiver a bit .
8 She let him suffer a bit longer , then said : ‘ You and Sabine had a row , I heard it .
9 She made you look a bit of a fool in front of anyone else who was watching .
10 When he opened it split a bit down there .
11 Only I heard him crying a bit lately at night time .
12 Er they watched they watched a bit of Spot and a bit of Paddington .
13 It even made him groan a bit , which Emily liked .
14 He pulled on a pair of folding sunglasses ( the sort you pay an extra load for to have ‘ Porsche ’ stamped across your field of vision ) as he made for the driver 's door , but even with them and the soft brown leather blouson jacket , which made him look a bit like an off-duty copper ( they get them cheap down Brick Lane ) , I still recognized him .
15 Would have to be er probably a lot lower , this would probably be a maximum , because , I felt I needed a bit of time , to just sort of , you know , pass information .
16 So I thought you deserved a bit of a fright in return . ’
17 We thought you looked a bit out of sorts . ’
18 ‘ I thought you seemed a bit preoccupied , ’ she murmured happily .
19 This time they evidently thought she needed a bit of fattening up .
20 I said to Chris I felt we had a bit more money and could do better than that .
21 He thought they deserved a bit of cash .
22 No I just thought they looked a bit short that was all if you were
23 He regarded the Robemaker and Fenella , peeping out cautiously , saw him smile a bit vacantly at the hooded figure .
24 He had won it convincingly , as the judges ' 60–56 , 60–56 , 60–57 scores proved , but such is the tension of the schools finals second only in most young boxers ' eyes to the senior ABA finals that he felt he needed a bit more help .
25 The light shows through the membrane-type front panel — which a couple of people here did n't like because they felt it looked a bit cheap .
26 A wonderful pale gold colour we felt it tasted a bit like a dry sherry .
27 Yeah it went er it went it went a bit wrong at the beginning because as I say you did it with business card and er buyer 's guide , that came in a after the erm statement of purpose really .
28 Defries thought it looked a bit obscene ; but then , perhaps that was appropriate .
29 Leave my handbag alone but you see when it was in the window Jane I thought it looked a bit too light , but I think what makes it look like that is they 've got the light shining
30 I thought it sounded a bit slushy and did n't really relate to it .
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