Example sentences of "a bit of [noun] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Not a bit of wonder the country 's in the state that it 's in . ’
2 With a bit of luck the passage would be empty .
3 Rather when Carla comes back Monday you 've got to tape the with a bit of wood the window just outside the door because the bolt is on the same side .
4 After that we never got started , as soon as we got a bit of momentum the sunderland players wasted time by falling over and claiming injury .
5 Mucky hands and a fat bank balance would be a way of life for the first generation of nouveaux-riches manufacturers ; but with a bit of care the brass itself could be used to buy their children out of the world of muck altogether .
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