Example sentences of "bit [adj] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another consequence of the boom in opposition to nuclear weapons was the eclipse of the campaign against nuclear power , which was a bit odd given that the whole of 1982 was a run up to the inquiry , which begins later this month , into the plans to build Britain 's first pressurised-water reactor . |
| 2 | Billy looked at him a bit old fashioned . |
| 3 | I think there 's a pride that , that the majority of firemen are , are fairly clean and smart erm there are the odd ones that have to be told but it 's not the same sort of discipline now as there was , and I 'm not sure whether it 's right or wrong , all I see I , I enjoy the discipline when I had it , I sometimes wish it was brought back but er it 's not the time now it seems for that type of discipline , so I think they manage well but er I would like to see a little more but perhaps I 'm a bit old fashioned . |
| 4 | but I suppose the likes of me , bit old fashioned are n't we ? |
| 5 | This seems a bit sad given that footie players ' wives and girlfriends often score high marks on the bimbometer in any case . |
| 6 | Oh That bits left handed . |
| 7 | Kinderszenen I felt was somehow a bit disappointing compared to the studied and elegiac reading of Schubert 's great B flat Sonata . |
| 8 | I feel a bit boring compared to everybody else . |