Example sentences of "he [was/were] [adv] [art] bit " in BNC.
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| 1 | He were always a bit of a tyrant . |
| 2 | No harm in him , he was just a bit of an eejit . |
| 3 | That gave him the chance to exercise one of his talents , as a teacher , but he was also a bit of a musician , and soon established himself as the organist at the parish church in Holloway . |
| 4 | He was momentarily a bit taken aback . |
| 5 | ‘ He was here a bit earlier . |
| 6 | ‘ He was quite a bit older than me . |
| 7 | ‘ Mm , he was quite a bit younger than she was , ’ Simon said thoughtfully , snapping off a dead geranium head in the tub that flowered by his door . |
| 8 | Vic Furlong : ‘ He was always a bit of a dreamer in that I 'd give him a job to do , come back in about an hour and he was still chatting , the job unfinished , so he had to go . |
| 9 | ‘ I know that , ’ said Lili , ‘ but he was always a bit strange with them . |
| 10 | Then he went down in this loose scrum , should n't have been there , but he was always a bit of a hero , and I put my foot in looking for the ball and there he was . |
| 11 | ‘ He was always a bit twisted that way . |
| 12 | ‘ It was our horse 's first run in handicap company , and the race will have put him spot on because he was still a bit rusty . |