Example sentences of "it [verb] [verb] a bit " in BNC.
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| 1 | all the satellites hanging down it was very good the way it had all been done in , in that respect but what I found was the first bit was very boring , I found but when it got going a bit it was better but the whole moral of the story was that nowhere is perfect to live but it 's hard for y young children like this |
| 2 | It has become a bit tiresome of late . |
| 3 | It keeps walking straight ahead even after it has found a bit of food . |
| 4 | Then you remember it and it starts to come a bit true does n't it ? |
| 5 | till we get to X equals a one and it starts making a bit of difference , so it 'll probably go like this . |
| 6 | Because it starts to get a bit more complicated now . |
| 7 | It 's all new , is it going to take a bit of getting used to ? |
| 8 | but er it tends to go a bit out of your head . |
| 9 | They also play havoc with your skin and it tends to get a bit sweaty under all the make-up I have to wear . |
| 10 | And then it began to get a bit darker . |
| 11 | yes , yes , she 'll just have an or orange when I came out , she 's been , I 've been getting a few of those , it seems to help a bit |
| 12 | It seems to have a bit of a different taste . |
| 13 | When it won the Pulitzer Prize in the US in April 1983 it started to gather a bit more grudging attention and the occasional baffled or withering review ( the London Sunday Times , for example , described it as ‘ drearily predictable ’ ) . |
| 14 | But when that voice was stretched over an LP it started to wear a bit thin . |
| 15 | Actually it started getting a bit better from when I telephoned . |
| 16 | cos I had a right old attitude , I mean , I mean , I know it sounds modest , but , I was doing it well , do n't get me wrong , I was doing it , and I , but then it started getting a bit |
| 17 | First of all , though , my words must have stuck because it started to blow a bit during the round , about 20 miles-per-hour I 'd say , but Tony shot a 73 , which was a fair score . |
| 18 | My head did n't hurt at all , although it did feel a bit light . |
| 19 | And the I had a look at it once , it did look a bit |
| 20 | It did get a bit rocky after she became pregnant . |
| 21 | Well it did take a bit of organization to get yourself to the end of the walk , erm with your your weekly rubbish or your daily rubbish , to get that put away . |
| 22 | They were luckier than many middle-aged people in having a pension from his firm , even though it had arrived a bit earlier than he 'd expected or wanted , along with a small amount of redundancy money . |
| 23 | Renewing the emphasis on the unit 's original raison d'etre created by Lord Rayner , the Prime Minister 's first efficiency adviser — the scrutiny programme of efficiency studies — was necessary , Sir Angus said , as ‘ it had taken a bit of a setback ’ . |
| 24 | The striker , perhaps because he was braced for the offside whistle ( it had looked a bit that way ) , was less than decisive and allowed Michael Watt to save at his feet . |
| 25 | . And er it does make a bit of continuity . |
| 26 | but it does matter a bit though does n't it ? |
| 27 | there is an art of doing this , and it does take a bit of practice . |
| 28 | oh , it does add a bit more cleanliness to it Wayne , mind you the rice is |
| 29 | I mean it is , it is ridiculous because we 've had that November party down there , and if it does need a bit of planning , you just put the heat on a bit early anyway |
| 30 | It does read a bit like a greenbelt policy . |