Example sentences of "bit of a [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's meant to be a bit of a dick sometimes . |
| 2 | Your mum 's being a little bit of a nightmare today . |
| 3 | High notes were a bit of a nightmare too . |
| 4 | Er typing then , which seems to be generally satisfactory , although a bit of a hole in upon sub team one , it was a |
| 5 | So come on and start making these ‘ Mickey Mouse ’ cups a bit of a spectacle instead of the atmosphere void of Windsor Park . |
| 6 | he 's a bit of a capitalist now |
| 7 | Little bit of a look back now to the inaugural Blenheim or Audi international horse trials at er Blenheim Palace of course , which was a great success . |
| 8 | I said well we had I said I had a bit of a run in with the lady who ran it , I did n't agree that he should be compelled to do singing which she thought he should I said and we had a decided it cos he . |
| 9 | It 's a bit of a bummer really but you know when you 've got it on and you 're talking , cos I was telling jokes and you get carried away and you start thinking wah and you start telling all the jokes and everything there 's a , a lot of swearing on this tape , a lot of swearing , a lot of swearing . |
| 10 | The British banger has taken a bit of a grilling today . |
| 11 | Part of a wall painting here , a bit of a fresco there . |
| 12 | ‘ Bit of a misunderstanding there , I think ! ’ |
| 13 | Er , some of them are different words , for influencing on , a bit a bit of a mis-match here of mish-mash , rather of those different aspects . |
| 14 | Maybe she 'll give it a bit of a clean-up then . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I do n't think there 's much he does n't play — guitars , mandolins , fiddle , upright bass , keyboards — he 's a bit of a genius really ! |
| 16 | Charmed by so much solicitude , it is a bit of a surprise when , as we begin to talk , he immediately diverts his attention to something else , autographing a pile of cards with , ‘ Excuse me . |
| 17 | You made a bit of a mess here have n't you ? |
| 18 | You 're a bit of a mess here are n't you ? |
| 19 | THE delicious Victorian Kitchen ( BBC 2 ) , successor to The Victorian Kitchen Garden , ended with a bit of a blow out . |
| 20 | So do you think that erm when this law was erm pushed through in nineteen forty seven that er perhaps Mao you know well I think there 's been a bit of excess now , I think we 'll do some we just need , we just need a bit of a rush now just to take us through a bit and then we 'll stop it in a few months time . |
| 21 | There 's been a bit of a fight down below . ’ |
| 22 | That 's a bit of a mouthful so let's separate the ingredients and examine them more carefully . |
| 23 | We had a bit of a play about with it . |
| 24 | You 're in the nearside lane and you 're going uphill and er you 're trunking away quite nicely , you see a guy coming down in the fast lane , down the hill getting a bit of a roll on , fully laden , and he gets halfway up the hill , he runs out of steam and he 's looking for a hole to get into . |
| 25 | Yes and and a sort of a bit of a way forward . |
| 26 | Well it 's a bit of a lie actually er there 's a fee involved in all the preparation and all the work I 've done er and what do you think the fee 's worth ? |
| 27 | I 'll just have a bit of a lie down . |
| 28 | He said : ‘ I am going to enjoy a bit of a lie in , but I shall miss the customers because they made the job so interesting . ’ |
| 29 | Other changes , this is the Commons ' Heritage Committee of MPs who er were sitting yesterday , under their er leader Gerald Kaufman , the former Labour politician , well he still is a Labour politician , but er he 's not so high profile now in politics , but he seems to be creating a bit of a stir here . |
| 30 | It 's all been a bit of fun , bit of a laugh really . |