Example sentences of "[pron] a bit " in BNC.

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1 I think I a bit put it in the back now .
2 I a bit worried about my pen .
3 I a bit like this
4 So if I was you Richard I would n't leave it till last minute , I a bit sooner in case the buses are not running .
5 So if I give someone a bit of a clout now and then , it sort of clears me again . ’
6 Could n't you have landed someone a bit more … ’
7 On the one hand he was glad of an ally ; on the other he would have preferred someone a bit more the Punk 's size .
8 yeah but he sat outside Sally 's and Carole said no I I I 'm you know I ca n't do it , she said she wants someone a bit younger and she said
9 The draw cost Norwich crucial points in the championship race and assistant manager John Deehan said : ‘ It would have been nice to close that gap at the top because we now find ourselves a bit adrift .
10 ‘ I thought if we could get their nature thing together with your Alps thing , we might both do ourselves a bit of good .
11 Do you want me to leave yours a bit longer ?
12 ‘ We need to do somethin' a bit more excitin' , like , ’ said George impatiently .
13 Earlier this year the World Food Programme was reckoning that some 5m people were at risk of famine in the north of the country ; if so , some 1.2m tonnes of grain would be needed to feed them , of which a bit over half has been pledged by donors .
14 So far from treating the problems of the inner city as local difficulties which a bit of capitalist enterprise could clear up , it regarded them as evidence of systemic failure .
15 It fits that account better than it fits others , including a probabilistic account of which a bit more will be said .
16 You talk about if it 's something you 're used to you talk about something and you know what you 're talking of and somebody a bit like actual
17 No but I mean you 'd gi maybe give somebody a bit of pleasure sorting them out .
18 because er , when they say how old are you and you say forty nine , they say oh well we , we , we were really looking for somebody a bit younger
19 I leave it in the end — there 's summat a bit scary about him .
20 Considering the success of Flexible Friends , its a bit strange that Wild Country say they need to develop a twin wire camming device .
21 I think its a bit of a simplification to say that its , its nature 's way of keeping us going , because actually er ro , the idea that romantic love is the start of a life long relationship that produces off spring is really quite recent , erm for , for most of history er marriage 's were on the basis of continuing er lines , continuing property and people had to erm some how or other cope with living with ano another person that might not necessarily have been the person that they would of chosen from love and , and this is still true in many societies and situations now .
22 Yes , its a bit like rapping yeah .
23 I did n't do a self-evaluation — an evaluation of myself — for the simple reason that we really did n't have time to sit down and think it out , and its a bit difficult doing it objectively … because you have no standard to compare .
24 Maybe its a bit difficult for people with either a non UK sense of humour ( I include you Irish folks in UK … sorry guys , but could nt think of a better description …
25 Even so — its a bit rough to judge him on performances over a couple of weeks against the same side/player .
26 Its a bit naff but close to the ground and good for parking .
27 Alan says powerboating is like going down a hill in snow on a tin tray … its a bit punishing … shakes you about … he 's got a good throttle man and a good navigator
28 No , its a bit , little bit early , where d' you wan na go ?
29 walking keep you fit its a bit you had a hair cut last week if you 'd of left , if you had n't of had it done you could of taken this thing down
30 Its a bit hot
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