Example sentences of "[v-ing] a bit " in BNC.
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| 1 | We carry on walking a bit . |
| 2 | If you find yourself walking a bit duck footed , concentrate on placing your toes in a pigeon-toed position and you will find that your muscles will soon cooperate . |
| 3 | Just as we do , walking a bit less |
| 4 | And ten to twelve we got out the door , oh I was just glad to get out , you know walking a bit of peace and quiet just , I could of strangled him , little git |
| 5 | ‘ I find Leonora is becoming a bit active — curious about things — as chairman . |
| 6 | He looked back at the light coming from the observatory cupboard , now a good twenty feet away , and thought about going back ; this whole prank was becoming a bit much , really . |
| 7 | this , this is obviously where the brightest area is and that is becoming a bit burned out because erm if it was an automatic camera that was used it 's exposed for this consequently over-exposing on the inside of the boat . |
| 8 | Well it seems to me , sir , that er the new settlement is becoming a bit of a dustbin which people are throwing their unspent allocations in , and then passing it around from district to district |
| 9 | Whats more he s becoming a bit of a crowd favourite . |
| 10 | So , a feature analyser would also have to take into account the overall shape of the letters so it 's becoming a bit more complicated already in terms of the model that would have to account for it . |
| 11 | It was quite entertaining yesterday , today 's becoming a bit of a bore because the tapes only last forty five minutes , so you 've got |
| 12 | We 'll also be keeping you in touch with the second replay of the first qualifying round of the F A Cup which is taking place at Fort Meadow between Buckingham Town and Brackley Town ; it 's becoming a bit of a saga , the previous two matches ended one all draws . |
| 13 | ‘ It has been happening a bit , ’ said John soothingly . |
| 14 | Whereas , however , the Krakatoa eruption was the first for two centuries , Mt Pelee had previously erupted within the living memory of some of the older residents of St Pierre ; a mild affair in 1851 which did little apart from sprinkling a bit of ash about . |
| 15 | Mrs Wright was snoring a bit . |
| 16 | So I fell into one of my enjoyable reveries , examining the problem from every angle , looking for the key point where I might provoke a few kilocreds to tumble into my lap , by acquiring a bit of phetam . |
| 17 | That one 's sort of exploding a bit again , like something I know when it does , it needs cleaning ! |
| 18 | 's slinging a bit of shit . |
| 19 | Her head was aching a bit too , but then that was not surprising perhaps after what she 'd been through this evening . |
| 20 | ‘ My head 's aching a bit , now you come to mention it , but I expect that 's all the concentration , ’ she said cheerfully . |
| 21 | I think his back was aching a bit actually |
| 22 | But the Leicestershire player had to be satisfied with gaining a bit more experience at the top level as he went down 3–1 to Tristan Nancarrow , the world No 8 from Australia , in the second round yesterday . |
| 23 | It is cheating a bit , I fear , to think of the Basque Coast as Pyrenean , because at this end of the chain , unlike at the other , the mountains fight shy of the water and make a decisive turn to the west some miles inland , to enter Spain ; so you can see the most northerly or westerly Pyrenees easily enough from points along the coast , but you ca n't feel you are among them . |
| 24 | Then as he was passing a bit nearer and I came to him , he stopped again in the queue , I walked in and and I said , I knocked on his window and he put it down and I said , that was n't a very nice thing to do . |
| 25 | all I thought like I was passing a bit of gossip , but he paid me for it |
| 26 | I 'm saving a bit up for when your old man gets home . |
| 27 | For most people , getting on in life , winning promotion , saving a bit , going on a better holiday , buying a car , purchasing a home , giving the children a better start — all these are natural aims . |
| 28 | and you 're saving a bit |
| 29 | Secondly , the three constants of 0.240 x 2.576 x 0.000252 can be reduced to one , to wit 0.0001557 , saving a bit on the mathematics when it comes to selecting your seaside donkey and assuming that the EC has n't banned them yet . |
| 30 | I bought two Clown Plecs in the hope that they would embarrass the Foxes into nibbling a bit of algae . |