Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] a bit " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm ah , now that erm I think I was reasonably happy most of the time , erm I know if I can sort of look at the other side of the coin erm , I became a bit apprehensive as the war went on and er , obviously it was n't going to last much longer . |
| 2 | I made a bit of a speech and all that and er like a clever dick I went without me glasses . |
| 3 | As to my choice of hardware , I cheated a bit : for my Koi pond already contained an admirable in-pool Oase filter , powered by a seemingly indestructible stainless steel-bodied pump by the same manufacturer . |
| 4 | When I probed a bit , rather reluctantly she told me that she understood he 'd had an ‘ illness ’ , and was a regular out-patient at a local hospital . ’ |
| 5 | And I made sure I blabbed a bit to her , even contradicting in inessential details some of the earlier relations to the Colonel , so that he might think he was getting better quality intelligence this way . |
| 6 | And I looked at people I passed a bit more , and all of a sudden they did seem nice and smiled back . |
| 7 | I got a bit carried away with the Wogan show and all that . |
| 8 | At first I got a bit embarrassed — you know , about taking off my clothes and that , but now it 's OK . |
| 9 | I got a bit of a headache on account of how cold it is and I snuggle back into my sleeping bag . |
| 10 | I suppose I got a bit of sleep last night . |
| 11 | ‘ Eventually I got a bit fed up . |
| 12 | ‘ I confess I got a bit of a shock when the pictures appeared . |
| 13 | ‘ I suppose I got a bit above myself . |
| 14 | ‘ I got a bit carried away but people tend to do that until they become politically aware , ’ he says . |
| 15 | I got a bit fed up after we 'd toured Britain once , it got a bit boring seeing the same places . ’ |
| 16 | I got a bit carried away with Martha and dallied in the Arran Heritage centre over long — ‘ Everyone wants to know about the past and it is too late . ’ |
| 17 | With Uncle 's help we all struggled on after he died , and when I got a bit older and left school it was not possible for me to contemplate leaving home to find a job and a new life outside Baldersdale . |
| 18 | When I got a bit older I worked with the horses in the fields , particularly at haytiming . |
| 19 | Then suddenly I got a bit more confidence , I felt better about my weight , my husband encouraged me as I started out in various career directions , and goals actually began to emerge . |
| 20 | You know I got a bit saved . |
| 21 | I got a bit upset , but soon found a silver lining . |
| 22 | I think the mania got to me in about 1966 and around that time I got a bit tired of what they call the adulation . |
| 23 | Yeah but I got a bit stuck on that one |
| 24 | Well I did n't mind till I got a bit older , then I sort of started to kick , and er as I got older , that 's another story . |
| 25 | But then , I do n't know , I got a bit frightened . |
| 26 | I do n't know whether , people thought that erm if they interfered with me I would n't er I would n't play or what it was but then , anyway erm when the war ended , as I say I got a bit erm worried and erm I then got in touch with er Mr who was then er , then taken over from Sir Cecil Clerk of the Council or Chief Executive and erm , he suggested that erm I might take a course for the erm Home Workers Diploma For The Blind which erm was , well it was a sort of specialized er social worker really . |
| 27 | First to er , Peter 's point about er Gillian Sheppard , on the er , on the er Direct , I must say to you , I got a bit of a surprise when I saw Gillian Sheppard in such brazen er fashion on er on Direct , but you know , you 've quickly got answers in this organization , and somebody said ah well , it was meant to be an obituary to her and they were a bit perceptive in that er respect . |
| 28 | ‘ Well , no , ’ she admitted sheepishly , ‘ I got a bit waylaid in Wexford . |
| 29 | So I got a bit more interested . |
| 30 | ‘ I got a bit worried when I found you 'd been sending your subordinates out to buy crucifixes . ’ |