Example sentences of "be [v-ing] a [adj] bit " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are few indications that that marvellous high level of incorruptibility has been cracking a little bit , are n't there ? |
| 2 | Right , now , the next item is the press and we have a press officer , yeah , like to , perhaps say what 's been happening a little bit and , and you know talk about the next time . |
| 3 | On the A41 finally , London road in Bicester in Oxfordshire , the roadworks there by the level crossing with the temporary traffic lights are causing a fair bit of congestion this evening in both directions . |
| 4 | Because of the kind of job they 're doing or the fact that they 're getting a wee bit more pay ? |
| 5 | Well that 's not so bad if you 're getting a wee bit of help with her but er she 's a |
| 6 | Yes , it might , it might , but , but , but now you 're getting a little bit , you 're getting a bit too , too sophisticated now , we 're going to come on to that later . |
| 7 | We have made steady progress since the New Year — we have tightened up the defence and now we 're getting a little bit of luck . ’ |
| 8 | We have made steady progress since the New Year — we have tightened up the defence and now we 're getting a little bit of luck . ’ |
| 9 | Yeah , well some of it you 're getting a little bit cheaper |
| 10 | Ah , now we 're getting a little bit toward the meat here . |
| 11 | Now we 're doing a little bit of reversion and it is much regret by God for five years I have negotiated budgets with the Labour group against intense opposition to Conservatives and central government to improve the services in Oxfordshire . |
| 12 | And then So now you 're travelling a little bit too close , your eyes are glued on the back of the vehicle in front , what 's the sort of feeling you get ? |
| 13 | But on the other hand they 're making a little bit at a pound a pint . |
| 14 | We have been lacking a wee bit of professionalism recently . |
| 15 | We 've been getting a wee bit of light in now in the mornings , eh ? |
| 16 | He was pleased with his performance and said : ‘ I am playing well but I am lacking a little bit of killer instinct . ’ |
| 17 | So all , all the A class judges are getting a little bit long in the tooth now |
| 18 | I 'm getting a little bit disturbed . |
| 19 | Let me look in your eyes and see you might be getting a wee bit bloodless actually I mean that 's the other thing Cathy , you 're a bit pale in there . |
| 20 | The other thing that 's been done , erm , and has been ongoing now for some months without too much success , but things seem to be moving a little bit , at least we 're told they are , is that I I pressed for , not really a presentation but a technical meeting , I wanted to get there there product engineers |
| 21 | And I think for what we 're paying we should be having a wee bit er , the dir , the building should be a looking a wee bit more respectable and presentable to what it is ! |
| 22 | If , if you get it if you get it everyone has it I think I 'm doing a little bit what we did last night Excuse me . |
| 23 | Ah he said , smashing , I thought I 'm giving a little bit back see ? |
| 24 | She said , Listen I 'm giving a little bit Peggy because , she said , I could n't go away if I could n't come to you . |
| 25 | I 'm sleeping a little bit better . |
| 26 | You 've got , I think you got lost and the reason why you , you were getting yourself erm tied up in the figures and why there was less eye contact was because you were getting a little bit lost with those figures at the top of the page . |
| 27 | So , of course , we were getting a little bit panicky cos what 's worrying me , and it still worries me again we 've put all this time and effort in they may pay us alright , we 've got this twenty , they may pay us a second payment , but are they gon na pay up on the third ? |
| 28 | I think you 're right , we were saying a little bit earlier , that . |
| 29 | Now when you moved to was that a kind different kind of work obviously you were doing a wee bit more variety . |
| 30 | But er they grew up and since I 'm the youngest , obviously they were earning a little bit of money in some way . |