Example sentences of "a bit [adj] [conj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | they got a bit closer than Dewsbury though |
| 2 | Said his co-boss Curbishley : ‘ I was a bit disappointed when Lennie Lawrence at Middlesbrough did n't come up with the price we 'd fixed but I 'm happy the lad is still here . |
| 3 | Some of the subjects are a bit heavier than others . |
| 4 | They think a bit of-sound and fury against me confirms something . |
| 5 | That 's great , Rocky , Rocky 's panting a bit , seems a bit tired but Sam 's all fresh . |
| 6 | This is a bit boring and non-Leeds , but it may prove useful to know : |
| 7 | They used to pop up in the morning when it was a bit cooler and damper and then flatten out in the afternoon when the temperature got up . |
| 8 | A bit tyrannical that part of it . |
| 9 | To be honest , I think this is a bit flattering because Leeds do n't seem to have clicked yet . |
| 10 | He still looked a bit dubious and David said , ‘ One thing you can tell Len , something I forgot , was that I made enquiries today about his parrot and it appears that if he does go to Conway House he 'll be able to take the parrot with him . |
| 11 | a bit fussy and Ben Elton |
| 12 | Sitting around in the sun all day , scoffing tons of ice cream is his idea of heaven , though he did get a bit miffed when Greenpeace tried to push him back into the sea . |
| 13 | All right , so she 'd been a bit odd since Ryan had left . |
| 14 | This is a bit odd cos Banbury 's got a long way to travel |
| 15 | AS A FRENCHMAN , I am a bit shocked that Robin Dunbar mentions ‘ A certain Dr G. Boulenger , of the British Museum … |
| 16 | I hug a bit tighter and gaze a bit harder . |
| 17 | It is easy in this situation for classmates to consider such a child a bit stupid and for.the teacher to consider the problem to be a cognitive one . |
| 18 | It was a bit embarrassing but Anne was glad of it . |
| 19 | Now , if that were right , that is , here 's our bodily bit here , that 's what individuates them , right , Socrates is shorter than Plato , Plato is a bit taller than Socrates , Socrates has funny bulgy eyes , erm Plato must have been rather a normal looking person , a variety of things that differentiate them , but they 're not different in respect of being human beings . |
| 20 | As they sat in the kitchen , Jonadab glanced across at George and remarked , ‘ While we 're a bit slack afore haytime starts , Aah thought as 'ow thoo and me could deliver them two pairs of shires ti Stephen 's . ’ |
| 21 | He was a bit shorter than Heseltine , and his name was Michael Quirke . |
| 22 | Suppose I go through door B ( to the bathroom , say ) , and find that a new door has been constructed in position X. Next time I am in my armchair and want coffee , would I pursue the path A-B-X-D-E , which is a bit shorter than A-C-D-E ? |
| 23 | ‘ The matched each other until 4–4 in the third and then her returns got a bit shorter and Audra was able to take advantage . ’ |
| 24 | Well Evelyn me , she has this Alf Garnett on , I do n't know why cos she , she 's a bit particular but Alf Garnett 's beyond the pale |
| 25 | Erm but that 's all a bit depressing cos talk about the Y T guarantee . |
| 26 | That orange dress would be lovely at a party , but it makes you look a bit arty and hippy . |
| 27 | You may find the boat a bit cold when winter really sets in . ’ |
| 28 | It seems a bit unlikely that Paul would use candles which he would know he had no right to use or that he would actually be involved in magic practices . ’ |
| 29 | No , not hurt exactly , sad , a bit angry that Feargal should think he was less than he was . |
| 30 | Mostly they were bottles , but there were a few bags containing knobbly things a bit smaller than Masklin 's fist . |