Example sentences of "bit [adj] and [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ’ ) . |
| 2 | 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 |
| 3 | 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 ? |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | yeah , but I need to be a bit skinnier and a bit taller |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | You erm you 're , you 're a bit uncertain and a bit nervous all the way through it but I think it was , it was basically because you |
| 10 | So again you have to be very careful , a bit tentative and the sort of sexual politics of it all , do you know what I mean ? |