Example sentences of "bit [adj] [conj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Obviously the City boys are a bit fussier than the country boys about when they play . |
| 2 | Now his club 's tighthead , he has gone out of this way to improve his scrummaging technique with specialist advice from among others , his boss , Sandy Carmichael , the 50-times capped Scottish and Lions tighthead Iain Milne ( ‘ immensely helpful ’ ) and Jim Telfer ( ‘ he is just the kind of coach I need because I can be a bit lazy and the fact that he just keeps at you all the time was very good for me ’ ) . |
| 3 | Erm ah , now that erm I think I was reasonably happy most of the time , erm I know if I can sort of look at the other side of the coin erm , I became a bit apprehensive as the war went on and er , obviously it was n't going to last much longer . |
| 4 | The use of the relay at this point may seem a bit odd as the switching could be electronically activated , but the use of a mechanical relay introduces a small but desirable time variation ( as well as possible bounce ! ) in the duration of the relays closure and so helps in enhancing the random operation of IC6 during the short time that the VCO is producing its high frequency output . |
| 5 | I suppose I wan na be a bit careful that the experience I get is n't too specialist as well . |
| 6 | One leg was a bit shorter than the other , I think . |
| 7 | Told that it was a bit damp but the match would probably be on , John duly set off via Darlington , Kings Cross and Lewes Junction . |
| 8 | Er like i we if I saw a vase that was a little bit bigger and a bit more expensive than what you 'd have |
| 9 | It 's always a bit sad when a door closes — it seems so final . |
| 10 | They need to have somebody that 's a bit liberal and a bit open and that wo n't be available under a Conservative government will it ? |
| 11 | It 's not very nice when you 're driving the vehicle and er I know you 're all experienced drivers and then you get somebody sitting there alongside you starting to look at you do , and I I you could 've been driving all your life but you still feel a bit edgy and a bit tense . |
| 12 | erm As he will obviously tomorrow as well , but erm he was a bit tense and a bit nervous before , but erm I 'm sure that erm he 'll be absolutely delighted with this result . |
| 13 | yeah , but I need to be a bit skinnier and a bit taller |
| 14 | He 's just a bit cleverer than the rest , but willing to take advice with it , and is happy being the writer he always wanted to be . |
| 15 | But Rofe hit back : ‘ Reece 's challenge on Chris Short was a bit late but the ref was ten yards away while County 's manager was 55 yards away . ’ |
| 16 | It could 've varied , you know , any time if you like from , from March till May and without knowing the exact date you might be a bit late or a bit too early er for future business . |
| 17 | That 's a bit better because a gradient of one is forty five degrees and we s we said it should be more than that . |
| 18 | They were a bit laxer but a lot of them were very very strict . |
| 19 | The jeans 'll be a bit long and the jacket 'll drown you , but at least you 'll be protected a bit if we come off — oh , and I 've got a lid for you to try . |
| 20 | But ones a bit politer than the other that 's all . |
| 21 | Bound to be cos litre 's l bit less than a gallon in n it ? |
| 22 | An annuity is an arrangement with a financial institution whereby , if you are over retirement age and do not want to leave your property to anyone when you die , they will effectively buy your house from you ( albeit at a bit less than the market price ) , give you guaranteed security of tenure until you die , and turn the money that they pay you for the house into a regular income for life . |
| 23 | I 've been doing fair bit more than a lot of them because they |
| 24 | Also , I am a bit older than the rest of you , but you can perhaps understand that I do n't want to drop dead without a proper and public recantation . |
| 25 | ‘ We were a bit shocked when the fire brigade arrived to cover it in foam . ’ |
| 26 | She published it entirely by herself so it is a bit makeshift but the advice more than makes up for that . |
| 27 | either a bit off putting or a bit slow or a bit , you know , all sorts |
| 28 | Willie ‘ O ’ is a bit stronger and a lot younger than Mick so you have to give him a slight edge when it comes to form and fitness . |
| 29 | I was a bit worried that the jolt it delivers would do something rather more permanent than give Mr Heron a deterrent shock , but apparently not . |
| 30 | Mars takes a bit longer to revolve on its axis than the Earth , so a Mars afternoon would be a bit longer than an Earth afternoon . |