Example sentences of "bit [adj] [conj] [pron] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes you do and , and also , another thing , and it 's , in a way it was a bit annoying because we 'd go on these like crash diets , you know , we 'd get really nasty and s well not nasty and skinny we 'd just get really skinny before we went cos you know we would n't eat anything except like fruit for a we , we 'd eat , we 'd go on a diet and then we would n't eat fruit for , would n't eat anything but fruit for the week before and so we 'd , you know we 'd like have flat stomachs and you feel , if you have n't eaten you feel thinner even if you 're not , it 's all , it 's a bit , it 's psychological is n't it ? |
| 2 | The clay would n't lea you could n't clear the buckets , so we used to what we had a grafting tool , that was like a spade but that was , er , that was er , narrow at one end , the spade at the bottom end was a bit narrow so you could cut th cut the clay out of , out the buckets and that was a hard job too . |
| 3 | I I ca n't comment on on comments that you are referencing , however I will say that in Maryland er we displaced an incumbent vendor who had been there a long time , er that vendor was a bit upset as you might imagine with being displaced as a vendor , and in Maryland we had a situation that kind of evolved into the same kind of political row you would expect when a company loses a long time business . |
| 4 | ‘ We are both a bit deaf so you 'll have to talk up . ’ |
| 5 | and er that may sound er a bit exaggerated but I can assure you that 's what happened , that er , to go to , to be able to file these , these little scraps of paper they had to stick it on another sheet |
| 6 | But I think it 's a little bit rich if I may say so Joe to blame the women for this because the parliamentary Labour party did vote for this new rule and the fact that a number of women very able women put themselves forward , I do n't think it 's right to say it is the women 's fault . |
| 7 | Which is a bit different and I 'd like to see it , that 's just one of my things , but again when you 're in , going into retirement I think you 've got to think about this , I mean I went , nobody twisted my arm , I went into that situation and I 've enjoyed it for a great many years , but now I 'm thinking I 'd , before I , it 's too late I want to have a , a l a fling in autumn as it were . |
| 8 | But things started going a bit wrong before she could start . |
| 9 | The floor was a bit damp but I could put up with that . |
| 10 | ‘ But I feel it 's a bit unfair that he should try to use a few Press photographs as an excuse ! ’ |
| 11 | Maybe our Wilko is a bit old-fashioned and he may view things transmitted electronically in a different light . |
| 12 | ‘ People are beginning to come round , it 's not as bad as it used to be , but some of the professors can be a bit aloof and you can feel like Cinderella sometimes . ’ |
| 13 | It goes a bit weird so we 'll leave that for a while let's have a look at erm what happens when we 're doing times . |
| 14 | ‘ He looks a bit pale but he 'll have a rosy glow tonight . ’ |
| 15 | Dwarfs are a bit slow so you might prefer a more steady advance with more war machines to pound the stunties before you go in . |
| 16 | ‘ Well , ’ they continue , ‘ we 've been reading your columns and we 're just a little bit worried that you might mean it when you say that the European Community is a fraudulent delusion ; the German economy is kaput ; the French are morally bankrupt ; racism is becoming endemic ; America 's had it ; Britain 's in for five years of total chaos and the middle-classes will soon be taking to the streets . |
| 17 | Ice cool Dr Apps said of their big night out : ‘ It will be a bit boring but we 'll take a walkman and try to get a good night 's sleep . ’ |
| 18 | and I think it 's perhaps important to start with that we go with something that 's a little bit open-ended that we can review in a years time er , perhaps a little bit later and say well look we have shown that we can do it valuably er the proof is in the pudding , it now beholds everybody to do it this way . |
| 19 | It is a wee bit disconcerting when you can hear yourself think in a pub these days . |