Example sentences of "a bit [adv] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No doubt Smith , the Oxford University Australian , who won five caps for the Wallabies , will feel a bit closer to home facing the All Blacks twice in the next 11 days . |
| 2 | Yes , can I bring this argument a bit closer to home and talk about the sexual division of labour within the family , which I think is one of the underlying causes of discrimination against women , and that 's really just a fancy term for the fact that when we talk about child care women do most of the work and men do very little , and really I do n't think we can look at the position of women without looking at how , in fact , child care and caring is organized within the family . |
| 3 | No doubt Sir David is off on another of his trips to an exotic location soon — but for now he 's happy to settle for a spot of exploration a bit nearer to home . |
| 4 | No , you can not prevent it from happening — but scientists are a bit nearer to understanding what goes on at the molecular level . |
| 5 | ‘ You 'll be glad to stretch your legs for a bit longer in Thunder Bay , and some of you might visit your horses . ’ |
| 6 | So if I was you Richard I would n't leave it till last minute , I a bit sooner in case the buses are not running . |
| 7 | Only I heard him crying a bit lately at night time . |
| 8 | Both Thins and Bargain Bookshops expected to be up a bit ahead of inflation , which was not good enough for David Flatman but ‘ a near miss ’ for Ainslie Thin . |
| 9 | and , and it went , cos it was quite a bit more worth petrol that went all over the place . |
| 10 | erm then erm what I 'll do I 'll pick it up next week and that will obviously show you a bit more about Abbey Life and any , any of your friends or anybody you think might , might like to look at the video erm you know just to give them an insight , people you mentioned erm to me that you perhaps know you 'd like to pass the video on to them to have a look erm and if er er you 've got my number and if you want to ring me then I can get some more videos if you think other people might be interested I 'm quite happy to pass them on , on to you as well , okay ? |
| 11 | ‘ I wish I knew a bit more about Place . ’ |
| 12 | Maybe Ladbrokes know a bit more about football than messrs Wilson , Motson , et al . |
| 13 | The magazine will continue to cover American painting , drawings , prints , and sculpture from the Colonial period to 1960 , with occasional attention to decorative arts and architecture , and a bit more to photography . |
| 14 | Later , usually with Preston or his grandad , he 'd felt a bit more at home , but not much . |
| 15 | Their mother and father have told them that it is about time they started helping a bit more at home . |
| 16 | Like he was behind er I never held him I was behind him like you know well it gives his legs a bit more like movement . |
| 17 | We could have been a lot more down the road to genuinely modernizing the Labour Party , making it a bit more in tune with our own members and those many thousands who should be members of the Labour Party . |
| 18 | In the long term we 'd like to go on , and build a workshop , make our own recycle refurbish electrical goods , because , obviously , this is something a bit more in capital intensive , and it 's something we 're looking at it in the future . |
| 19 | When other horses are reaching their limit , Milton always seems to have a bit more in reserve . ’ |
| 20 | We need to restrict x a bit more in order to express what we want . |
| 21 | All that we know is that nurse prescribing will cost a bit more in medication . |
| 22 | Chairman er in his remarks a bit earlier on Professor said that he did not think it was appropriate to give executive power to the director of education I wrote your words down at the time he did not think it appropriate to give executive power to the director of education and he said , despite Mr 's clarification you want to move a bit nearer if you 're going to be his minder Mr that in fact he did n't |
| 23 | It must be I was only thinking the other day the number of bakers but er the number of small bakers that were in Caldmore there was the two brothers one was in Road and one was in Street there was on the corner of Street , where the Co-op have that place now that was they were all bread bakers , were bread bakers er a bit further down Street going towards Street was bakery , they were a bakers and confectioners in Street |
| 24 | Well you see we 're a bit further from home now and if we can do it for five days , great , we have n't |
| 25 | And then ri , down a bit further in verse eleven , pass through the midst of the camp and command the people say , preva , prepare provisions for yourself , for within three days you are to cross this Jordan to go in and possess the land which the Lord , your God , is giving you to possess it . |
| 26 | I think I 'm getting a bit better at polo . |
| 27 | After today 's discussion I should be a bit better at understanding what you 're driving at ! |