Example sentences of "[been] [art] bit " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's always been a bit on his dignity , I suppose , but that 's the way he is . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm afraid there 's been a bit of bother , Mrs Mitchell , ’ he said . |
| 3 | The lady had always been a bit flighty in her mind — nervous , delicate , taking odd fancies . |
| 4 | The school fees have been a bit of a pain , but everyone finds that . |
| 5 | I 've had this shrub for a few years now but it has been a bit reluctant to bloom . |
| 6 | During my early career , for instance , when one of the shift was caught and sentenced for a string of burglaries , the others skirted around their implicit knowledge that ‘ there but for the grace of God goes everyone ’ , and comforted themselves by recalling ( with the aid of the hindsight-ometer ) that he had ‘ never been a real polis … always been a bit of a loner , something of an outsider … ’ |
| 7 | But I realised I 'd been a bit heavy . |
| 8 | We need to do more work at grass-roots level — possibly , we have been a bit lazy in that respect . ’ |
| 9 | I started right in by saying there must have been a bit of a misunderstanding . |
| 10 | I think we in Europe have been a bit slow to recognise that we are in a totally new era . |
| 11 | With all the new techniques now available , such as twenty-four hour trading and the global marketing of securities , we have been a bit slow to adapt to changes that are now going to be permanent . |
| 12 | Volvo 's turbocharged big saloon has always been a bit of a maverick . |
| 13 | She 's been a bit funny these last couple of days , like summat 's bothering her or summat . |
| 14 | It 's all been a bit too easy on the ear and eye . |
| 15 | CS : ‘ And I suppose you think there 's been a bit too much soul . |
| 16 | I just assumed they were trying to cut back as they had been a bit too lavish . |
| 17 | ‘ I 've been a bit lucky , ’ he said , modestly . |
| 18 | He 'd been a bit scared of her before , but he was even more so now she was acting as if she was n't right in the head . |
| 19 | ‘ He 's always been a bit funny in the head , ’ joked Gwen . |
| 20 | You ca n't help thinking that Emo Philips has been a bit unlucky . |
| 21 | Like I say , he 's been a bit unlucky . |
| 22 | Always remember that you can use tap water on it , if you 've only used drain water it sill certainly have been a bit short these last two summers . |
| 23 | We 've all been a bit worried about you and I would love to see you . |
| 24 | It 's been a bit of a pity , really , that rugby has taken over so much that I have n't been able to continue playing football . |
| 25 | He still jumped well , but if it had been a bit softer he would have been up there . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ There 's been a bit of a brain drain from Britain and relatively little real commercial activity there . |
| 27 | The mock election has been organised by Mr Ian Gerrard , a history master , chairman of the Literary and Debating Society and returning officer , who confessed that it had been a bit of a ‘ sleazy ’ campaign . |
| 28 | ‘ Jimmy , who had n't said a word , suddenly said , ‘ You know , Leslie , you 've been a bit of a bastard , have n't you … |
| 29 | He seems to have been a bit of a wastrel , from what Kebbel told us . ’ |
| 30 | I have been a bit negative about memes , but they have their cheerful side as well . |