Example sentences of "bit i " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said it was quieter in there , but I could n't see the lay-by from his room and after a bit I went outside . |
| 2 | After a bit I got up and — I went back . |
| 3 | After a bit I get bored and carry on walking up the street . |
| 4 | After a bit I feel better so I start eating my doughnut . |
| 5 | To save my knees a bit I slid down onto my left hip , leaning my head and my left side against the tree . |
| 6 | But after a bit I started thinking . |
| 7 | Then there 's a fuzzy bit I ca n't remember — oh yes , it 's not a lake , it 's the sea , with tremendous waves , and I 'm still on my front looking downwards , but the people have disappeared , and the sea 's full of the furniture at Cal 's house — the grandfather clock that chimes every quarter hour , the gold velour sofa , all those tiny thimbles and china bells that her mum dusts every day of her life , even their bath and loo in trendy slate-blue — and everything is swirling round as if a great Sea God was stirring it like a pot full of stew . |
| 8 | Well , I 'll have to find a place to lay my cropped and weary head for the night , wo n't I. This is the bit I 've been trying not to think about . |
| 9 | After a bit I stood and stared . |
| 10 | If it were n't for the bit I earn I daresay me and my bairns would be in Dudley House an' all . |
| 11 | I tried hers on anyway and after rummaging about for a bit I found one I liked . |
| 12 | While climbing the last little bit I could n't help thinking of all the mates who had been killed . |
| 13 | That bit I put in about knowing if we were being followed when I drove you to the station will stop them trying to do just that , will keep them away from here . |
| 14 | I am not so naive as to expect a blinding flash of understanding , but bit by bit I think I am beginning to see patterns of behaviour , and even — in some cases — to recognise individuals . |
| 15 | They asked me to help dress the models who wandered around showing clothes to the ladies having afternoon tea in the restaurant , and after a bit I did some modelling myself . |
| 16 | There are a lot of things I 'd love to see — and when things cool off a little bit I 'll definitely go . |
| 17 | I think you need to look again at the bit I 've marked above where I could n't understand it , and try to clear up the problem . |
| 18 | And this bit I do before the lesson and I do this , clean it up afterwards . |
| 19 | Move over a bit I ca n't see |
| 20 | Er , I vividly remember my , my wedding day , and the bit I remember most is actually waiting to go into church with my father , and I remember being particularly moved at that time thinking that that was the end of one era and about to become part of another and I did n't feel that I was being owned somebody and about to be owned by anyone else in the slightest ! |
| 21 | Now we 've all seen the intestacy there 's another little bit I like to deal with at this point er which is to do with inheritance tax . |
| 22 | That 's the bit I do n't like , frankly . |
| 23 | Bit I learnt quite a lot in , from the back you know , in the terraced . |
| 24 | Well I worked there and then er quite a bit I had to w they had me working on the main road . |
| 25 | ‘ The bit I liked best , ’ says Phil , ‘ was when you prodded the pig and told it about the unfairness of micro-organisms . |
| 26 | After a bit I 'll probably start seeing visions . |
| 27 | And personally try each bit I fear . |
| 28 | And every time I came to that bit I jerked up in my chair and Miss Ross shouted at me . |
| 29 | But they 're apt to make me feel a bit I suppose that 's what they 're for , a bit docile like , you know what I mean ? |
| 30 | That , I must confess , is the bit I do n't understand . |