Bit Sentence Examples

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  • The trip back was every bit as exciting.

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  • I just wanted to see a bit of your city before I drive to your car.

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  • I am just a bit distressed, Father.

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  • She bit her lower lip.

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  • She bit her lips to keep them from quivering and blinked her eyes to get rid of the blur.

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  • Animals bit the people.

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  • He wasn't one bit concerned that she had caught him.

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  • This seems a bit counterintuitive.

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  • Your children actually might grow up feeling privileged, better, and even a bit snooty.

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  • Wait a bit, he is not drunk yet!

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  • When she is out walking she often stops suddenly, attracted by the odour of a bit of shrubbery.

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  • I'll be fine after we rest for a little bit.

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  • My fingertips are still stained a bit blue.

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  • Can you hold lunch for a little bit?

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  • So you're not the least bit interested in him?

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  • He whispered words she wasn't able to make out then bit her again, this time hard enough for the pain to piece her dreamlike stage.

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  • She bit his neck harder than she had before, and he chuckled.

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  • He bit into more pastry.

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  • There were more demons on this level, a couple of which eyed her before moving on, leaving her a bit more confident she wasn't going to be eaten.

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  • This time, there was a combination of distant pain and pleasure as he bit her that almost pierced the hazy dream.

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  • Overwhelmed by the pleasure, Deidre bit him hard enough that she tasted him.

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  • It bit into her skin, and she gasped, afraid to move.

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  • He remained every bit the noble Greek prince with his commanding blue gaze and chiseled features.

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  • Watch her for a bit while we go back and clean up what's left of Czerno's goons.

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  • But if the little bit I've got's not stopping me from trying to multiply it to something better, how can you be worried about this kid of yours?

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  • We got a bit rowdy.

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  • Kind of beating the horse to the front of the pack a bit early in the race, isn't she?

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  • Would you care to expand on that a bit?

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  • He trusted Sofi over the Watchers but couldn't help wishing the damned Oracle had been a bit more specific.

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  • Agitated, she bit her thumb.

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  • It gave her a little bit of peace, knowing she wasn't solely at the mercy of the Immortal Laws and Fate.

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  • She understood a bit more why a mate might appeal to even the Dark One.

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  • Martha bit her quivering lip and continued stroking the contended cat, but didn't let herself cry as she sat at the table.

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  • Cynthia let her husband harangue a bit longer.

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  • Rousing herself, she bit him and fed until revived.

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  • When he was finished, he pulled her into his body and bit her hard.

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  • Was she pushing the good-kid, bad-kid behavior, the line between right and wrong, a bit too far?

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  • Then he added, "I might be a bit too busy."

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  • It got me thinking about spreading around the little bit you've got.

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  • But you're a bit premature.

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  • She bit her lip and closed her eyes, hugging against him like a lost child.

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  • Pumpkin is a bit kooky, but I believe him.

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  • He was the one who switched the bones, killing two stones with one bird—" "I think you've got that a bit mixed up," Dean offered, but Fred was on a roll.

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  • A nosy bartender told me Ginger was expecting something a bit more lasting than her attorney had to offer.

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  • He was a bit wild at times, but a good kid.

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  • The old man sighed, looking every bit his age.

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  • His large hand was unexpectedly gentle as it settled on her neck over where the demon bit her.

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  • She reached forward for a croissant and bit into it, almost groaning at the buttery, flaky, airy bread.

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  • Deidre bit her tongue to keep from taking the bait.

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  • She'll get up in a little bit.

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  • She bit her lip and then lifted her gaze to meet his.

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  • Be back in a bit.

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  • Deidre bit her tongue to keep from saying what she wanted to, mainly that a relationship consisted of two people, and she was not about to be one of them.

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  • The light returned to her eyes, and she bit her tongue to keep from griping.

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  • She bit back an order to leave her stuff alone but stopped herself, watching him go through her medicine cabinet for any additional drugs.

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  • I'm thinking death might be a bit more to my liking.

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  • She took the roll and bit into it, surprised to find it tasted perfect.

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  • He bit, and she stifled a cry.

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  • Bit early fo' the tours to be comin' up this way.

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  • There was no pain this time when he bit her, only numbness.

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  • She didn't object when his fangs bit into her, instead sighing as the comforting warmth consumed her.

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  • Katie bit into the bread, determined not to eat like a heathen that would shame her sister.

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  • Even the honey butter was a perfect balance between sweet and rich, and the rolls still warm when she bit into them.

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  • In fact, the normal world --while comforting --seemed a bit boring after her trauma.

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  • She's a bit jet- lagged though.

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  • Katie bit her tongue.

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  • Her eyes were heavy, her anger draining her last bit of energy.

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  • Rhyn bit his tongue out of respect for Katie.

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  • More anger stirred as Jade bit his lip to keep from defending Kris.

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  • That explains her cheek, he thought darkly, not caring one bit about Sasha or the vial.

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  • I.ll come back in a little bit.

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  • We're going out in a little bit.

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  • Romas isn't bad, but I can imagine most of these guys have a bit too much testosterone.

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  • What better place to be a bit more daring in life than on another planet?

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  • The music was every bit as masculine and warrior as she remembered him.

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  • A'Ran bit off the words.

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  • Some of them are bound to be a bit on the kooky side.

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  • She bit her lip and began to fumble with a small purse.

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  • She bit her lip but didn't answer, causing an uncomfortable silence.

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  • I'm having a bit of trouble with that.

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  • Cynthia took the opportunity to push Edith a bit further.

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  • Thanks for being 'a bit misleading.'

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  • Seeing as I was awake anyhow, I did a bit of surfing for info about our guest.

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  • Donnie's Ma needed a bit of convincing but figured I wasn't going to do him no harm.

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  • His wife Annie was dour and a bit on the chunky side.

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  • Besides," he added, glancing at the parlor where the Quincy sisters were still gabbing, "I feel a need to get away from here a bit."

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  • I know it's a bit stuffy but it's all that's left.

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  • She started to say something but just bit her lip and began to cry.

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  • It's very romantic, even if the language is a bit stilted.

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  • Folks were a bit more formal back then.

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  • He hinted Janet's teaching qualifications were a bit suspect.

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  • By the way, she's a bit peeved about the picture.

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  • Makes reading Annie Quincy's journal a bit more interesting, doesn't it?

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  • Dean bit his lip, assuming the little woman was about to complain about Gladys Turnbull's late night writing, but she had other concerns.

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  • Dean offered, in spite of being a bit peeved at the man's abruptness.

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  • Dean bit his lip but had enough sense not to take the bait.

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  • It's a bit bewildering, isn't it?

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  • He doesn't care for my stories a bit.

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  • Isn't that a wee bit inconsistent?

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  • But 'gazillion' is a bit heavy.

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  • Whoever you are, if you're thinking of selling this 'magazine bit' to all of Jerry's friends, you'll starve to death!

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  • Then maybe, thank God, we'll have a bit of peace.

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  • Now, given that, wouldn't you say whoever did the cutting might suspect it would cause Mr. Shipton a bit of bodily harm?

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  • The cops are here to do their bit.

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  • He gets a bit vexatious at times.

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  • Dean knew Fred was chomping at the bit to dig into this caper, as he called it, but just to flip his switch a bit, Dean started the conversation with the old man's love life.

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  • Fred grumbled a bit, but Dean just laughed.

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  • My guess is someone did a bit of planning for Jerome Shipton's big fall, and Edith hasn't demonstrated any real talent for long-range thinking.

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  • It seems her aunt is a bit under the weather, again.

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  • He's a nice little boy, a bit immature, but very intelligent.

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  • Corday filled me in, at least a bit.

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  • If I was a bit more sensitive, I might have stopped her.

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  • You're letting this saintly man of the cloth off a bit easy, aren't you?

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  • That's why they visit birthplaces, places of monumental happenings like battlefields or sites of great tragedies— to absorb a tiny bit of what happened there.

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  • It all sounds a bit complicated to me.

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  • Of course it's a bit involved.

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  • I gotta go away a bit.

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  • It's a bit confusing and a lot of it's speculation on my part, but bear with me and I think I have enough of the answers to make some sense of what happened.

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  • Doesn't it make more sense that the whole bit about the cut rope was Shipton's sole doing?

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  • Losing the battle with his lust, he let out an inhuman growl and bit into her neck.

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  • Jackson felt she should wait a bit longer, but she was determined.

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  • Things will be a bit clearer in the morning.

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  • Good then, let's have at it, chop, chop, in a bit of a hurry here.

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  • He lifted up a bit to see her feet and found the answer.

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  • If he didn't like Connor, his mood wouldn't have mattered a bit.

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  • It was still early, but he would hang back for a bit and check things out thoroughly before going into action.

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  • He raced into the woods with the red head in tow, then stopped and viciously bit into her neck.

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  • She grabbed his shoulders, gyrated a bit and squealed, No, Jackson and Elisabeth are.

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  • It's a bit messy, I'm going through things.

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  • He waited, expecting the questions to start, but she bit her lip.

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  • Yes, I'm a bit of a shoeaholic.

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  • First soprano's voices are usually a bit thinner.

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  • Are you sure you don't want to wait a bit longer?

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  • You okay for a little bit?

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  • Jackson is a bit under the weather.

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  • Jackson picked up an apple from the bowl of fruit, tossed it in the air, caught it, then bit into it.

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  • They had accomplished quite a bit the previous day, and Sarah felt comfortable about being away for the next two days.

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  • She gently bit into the meat and when she had eaten most of it, pulled the bone from his hand and laid on the floor chewing on it.

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  • Perfect. Let's sit down and relax for a bit before we change.

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  • I think I'm feeling a bit like a dirty old man.

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  • I think it's just a bit too much to watch.

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  • He hadn't left the house yet, so seemed a bit stir crazy, but otherwise was adjusting without problems.

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  • I think there is a bit of a difference.

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  • He found it both amusing and a bit disconcerting that both Sidwell women's initial reaction was to castrate him.

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  • When no response was forthcoming, he continued, If she were to leave me, it would cause every bit as much pain as leaving my family did.

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  • I would like to go back to the hotel and nap for a bit.

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  • Jackson noted the two cars and held Elisabeth back a bit, whispering, "Does this mean I won't have to spend another interminable night in an empty bed?"

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  • We were a bit preoccupied with turning Skippy and all.

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  • Sarah had pouted for a bit about not being able to wear her rings, but recovered quickly.

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  • You do not find me the least bit attractive.

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  • Can we wait a bit?

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  • She has a bit too much Diprivan in her system.

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  • While the night's events were still a bit hazy, her memory was clear enough to feel gratitude towards the man crouched beside her.

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  • Brady bit back what he wanted to say and motioned towards the door.

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  • You can ask in a little bit, after you eat.

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  • I'm going to scout around for a bit.

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  • Out of respect for Katie, he bit back the bitter words at the tip of his tongue.  He stalked past her, waiting for the moment he could release the pent up fury and magic.

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  • Katie bit back a plea for him not to leave her in such a creepy place.

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  • Rhyn bit back his response and looked around.

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  • Rhyn focused the little bit of magic he had remaining on the wood.  Fire sprang up.  With it, Rhyn felt a stitch of the seam binding his power snap.

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  • A sting bit the arm opposite the one Katie had touched in his dream.  He whirled and glared at Kiki, who waited expectantly.  "Tell me if it does something," Kiki said.

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  • Raid is a bit of an overstatement.

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  • I had a little bit of make-up and was trying to decide how much to put on.

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  • I fiddled with it a little bit, dragging it back and forth.

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  • Mrs. Riley jumped at the sound and bit her lip.

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  • Dean never mentioned this bit of detective work to anyone, but he could guess who had torn the page from the Parkside Library edition.

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  • Hearing the whole truth makes me falter a bit when I think about what happened.

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  • Yeah, but all the same, if it was you who skipped, wouldn't you be a bit anxious about what was happening?

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  • Wouldn't you wonder if everyone was really buying the drowning bit?

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  • Fred asked, a bit peeved.

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  • Dean produced his identification as Burgess bit his lip.

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  • As soon as they were seated, Cynthia perused the menu, bit her lip and ordered manhattans for both of them.

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  • She raised her glass and bit her lip but didn't cry, then cast her eyes downward.

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  • Maybe he never intended to get his head wet—just paddle around a bit.

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  • Cynthia was a wee bit cheerier on the ride from Allentown but the subject of the prior evening was never broached.

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  • You're a bit early; I was just killing some time.

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  • Cynthia looked a bit misty-eyed as she rose and began picking up the dishes and turned to her son.

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  • She laughed and bit her lip trying to stop.

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  • He didn't like either feeling one bit.

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  • Then, in a fit of honesty, he apologized for having put away a bit too much booze after he dropped her off.

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  • A short, balding man, who looked as if a haircut was more a social event than a necessity, rose to leave, and with a glance at the back room said, "Ol' Ralph always was a bit weird."

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  • In order to minimize expenditures, Dean planned to skip the motel bit and camp out on the tour.

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  • I'm a bit fuzzy on some of the details but I'm sure Jeffrey Byrne is dead and you played his part so well, even Jonathan Winston never considered he was chasing someone else.

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  • Women have desires too – probably every bit as strong as a man's.

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  • I just ate a little bit ago, but the coffee sounds nice.

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  • It did sound a bit overwhelming.

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  • It was actually a bit of a nuisance to go out to breakfast at times, but mostly they had completed chores and were on their way to some outing.

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  • If she enjoyed the romantic side of him, it must be because there was a bit of romance deep inside her own heart.

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  • All this wasn't doing anyone a bit of good.

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  • Jenn bit her tongue to keep from saying what she wanted to say.

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  • Might knock me on my ass for a bit.

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  • Leave me alone for a bit.

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  • She bit her lip, not wanting to make yet another scene in front of the waiting warriors.

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  • Taran bit his tongue, wanting more than anything to refuse.

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  • Taran bit his tongue, wishing he'd paid more attention to his words and less to the memories.

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  • I guess it would have died after it bit me.

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  • He seemed a genial sort though, if not a bit of a show-off.

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  • Rob is a bit of a show-off, is he not?

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  • Yes, I believe he is a bit of a clown.

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  • His fingers bit into her arms as darkness took the pain away.

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  • His grip bit into her arm and the sudden jerk caused pain in her shoulder.

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  • You might discover you bit off more than you could chew.

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  • Megan bit her tongue.

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  • He bit the words off and his voice became controlled, his eyes like cubes of ice.

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  • She popped it into her mouth and bit down on it.

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  • Keaton, on the other hand, wasn't the least bit cowardly.

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  • She bit her lower lip and settled down on the bench.

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  • I was beginning to wonder there for a little bit, too.

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  • With each word his voice rose and his fingers bit more deeply into her arm.

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  • It won't bother me a bit.

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  • Aren't you the least bit interested, or are you...

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  • It looks like she was bit by a dog.

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  • If he bit her, would he be able to read her mind finally?

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  • Someday. I've had a few bit parts and been in a rut for awhile.

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  • I can't believe you bit me!

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  • He really bit you?

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  • The fact he bit me? she demanded.

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  • Jonny, he bit me.

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  • Like, seriously, bit me, she said and showed him the two small scars.

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  • Jessi bit her tongue, not wanting to get into a pissing match with her cousin.

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  • You bit me, Xander!

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  • I don't want that moment immortalized, the only thing the world ever knows about me, that some sadistic man-whore with rabies bit me on the beach.

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  • She felt a hint of the trance she'd fallen into when he bit her, the coursing of desire and pooling of heat in her lower belly.

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  • She bit back her response, aware she was playing into his hands at every turn.

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  • She groaned as hunger and need hit her hard once more, the way it did the last time he bit her.

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  • She bit back her retort.

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  • Walking around for a bit.

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  • It's a bit crowded.

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  • He entered her at the same time he bit her, and her world exploded into hot desire and need so intense, she thought his passion would consume her.

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  • I'll leave you alone for a bit.

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  • She murmured in her sleep when he bit her.

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  • A more entirely novel and more general principle of Kant's attack upon theism is the challenge of our right to build up the idea of God bit by bit out of different arguments.

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  • When, therefore, in 1850, Mr Stowe was elected to a professorship in Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, and removed his family thither, Mrs Stowe was prepared for the great work which came to her, bit by bit, as a religious message which she must deliver.

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  • Physically wet but physiologically dry ha bit ats,f with the accompanying plant communities of fens, moors, and salt marshes.

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  • The conquest of Apulia, won bit by bit in many years of what we can only call freebooting, was not a national Norman enterprise like the conquest of England, and the settlement to which it led could not be a national Norman settlement in the same sense.

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  • The one claimed an existing kingdom, and obtained full possession of it in a comparatively short time; the other formed for himself a dominion bit by bit, which rose to the rank of a kingdom I Roger de Hauteville, the conqueror of Sicily, was a brother of the first four dukes or counts of Apulia, and was invested with the countship of Sicily by the pope before starting on his adventure.

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  • The end of the first interval of this length (counting from the piece of bunting) is marked by a bit of leather, the second by a cord with two knots, the third by one with three knots, and so on; the middle of each of these lengths (half-knot) is also marked by a cord with one knot.

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  • In this second struggle, too, the ground is won bit by bit.

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  • Tipperary, Ireland, pleasantly situated on undulating ground connecting the Devil's Bit and the Slieve Bloom mountains.

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  • Their principal use is to give a sharp jar to the drill on the upstroke so that the bit is dislodged if it has become jammed in the rock.

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  • In addition to the appliances mentioned the tools comprise reamers to enlarge the bore of the well, the winged-substitute which is fitted above the bit to prevent it from glancing off, and above the round reamer to keep it in place, a temper-screw with clamps and wrenches.

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  • Of late years the under-reamer has been largely superseded by the eccentric bit.

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  • The bit or cutter consists of a cylindrical The Calyx metallic shell, the lower end of which is made, by a Drill.

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  • This style and the types of dagger, cauldron, bit and twolooped socketed axehead run right across from Hungary to the upper Yenisei, where a special Bronze Age culture seems to have developed them.

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  • Extensive "corrections" of the river bed, especially the canal of Diepoldsau, have been carried out in the lower bit of this part of the valley, while from a little north of Ragatz the right bank belongs first to Liechtenstein and then to the Austrian province of the Vorarlberg.

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  • At the end of words the English t is really aspirated, a breath being audible after the t in words like bit, hit, pit.

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  • In fact the uniformity of brass and bell-metal is only superficial; if we adopt the methods described in the article Metallography, and if, after polishing a plane face on a bit of gun-metal, we etch away the surface layer and examine the new surface with a lens or a microscope, we find a complex pattern of at least two materials.

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  • In the cases of aluminium dissolved in tin and of mercury or bismuth in lead, it is at least probable that the molecules in solution are Al 2j Hg 2 and Bit respectively, while tin in lead appears to form a molecule of the type Sn4.

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  • Acting as American naval agent for the many successful privateers who harried the English Channel, and for whom he skilfully got every bit of assistance possible, open and covert, from the French government, he was continually called upon for funds in these ventures.

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  • In 1798 the Bernese bit became the canton of Aargau of the Helvetic Republic, the remainder forming the canton of Baden.

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  • My isolated peak had become a valley; every bit of influence I had was gone.

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  • Bit by bit mutations are added to each other in different single characters until a sum or degree of mutations is reached which no zoologist would hesitate to place in a separate species or in a separate genus.

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  • They used no stirrup, but had both bridle and bit.

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  • A rider with good hands never depends upon his reins for retaining his seat; nor does he pull at the horse's mouth so as to make him afraid to go up to his bit; nor again does he ever use more force than is necessary for the accomplishment of what he desires to perform.

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  • During the second and third decades of the 17th century the most coveted bit of Italian soil was the Valtelline.

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  • They arrived at Jerusalem in 1076, the first crusaders reached Asia in 1097, and Bit Adini became the countship of Edessa (q.v.).

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  • But what properly forms the western bit of the Alps runs, from near Turin to the Col de Tenda, in a southerly direction, then bending eastwards to the Col d'Altare that divides it from the Apennines.

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  • In the case of the Western Alps (minus the bit from the chain of Mont Blanc to the Simplon, which followed the fortunes of the Valais), a prolonged struggle for the Alpine region took place between the feudal lords of Savoy, the Dauphine and Provence.

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  • In the Eastern Alps the political history is almost monotonous, for it relates simply to the advance or retreat of the house of Habsburg, which still holds all but the whole of the northern portion (the exception is the small bit in the north-west that belongs to Bavaria) of that region.

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  • The gain of the Milanese in 18J9 by the future king of Italy (1861) meant that Italy then won the valley of Livigno (between the Upper Engadine and Bormio), which is the only important bit it holds on the nonItalian slope of the Alps, besides the county of Tenda (obtained in 1575, and not lost in 1860), with the heads of certain glens in the Maritime Alps, reserved in 1860 for reasons connected with hunting.

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  • The bit of wood e must be gently withdrawn, care being taken that the bud adheres wholly to the bark or shield, FIG.

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  • It will be remembered that when the laird of Dumbiedikes lay dying (Scott's Heart of Midlothian, chap. viii.) he gave his son one bit of advice which Bacon himself could not have bettered.

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  • From its source to the lake the Rhone is a purely Alpine river, flowing through the great trench which it has cut for itself between two of the loftiest Alpine ranges, and which (save a bit at its north-west end) forms the Canton of the Valais.

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  • They sat at long tables, the elders read the words of institution and prayed, and passed a loaf round from which each broke off a bit and ate, the wine being handed round in flagons.

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  • Montpelier, like Jefferson's Monticello and Monroe's Oak-Hill, was an expensive bit of "gentleman farming," which with his generous Virginia hospitality nearly ruined its owner financially.

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  • Dean could picture Marian Anderson standing there in a silk robe, cigarette holder in hand, looking every bit the wealthy socialite she was.

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  • It's makes me falter a bit on the 'Churchy la Fam' theory.

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  • Maybe he never intended to get his head wet—just paddle around a bit.

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  • Women have desires too – probably every bit as strong as a man's.

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  • She bit her tongue and marched back to the lair, just as snow began to fall again.

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  • No, he looked every bit the ruler of Tiyan.

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  • With chiseled features and cold eyes, he looked every bit the man who had headed up Damian's assassination corps before the promotion to the leader of all operations in the Western Hemisphere.

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  • There were altruistic reasons for getting way for a bit.

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  • It was conjectured that this number is normal, meaning that it contains all finite bit strings.

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  • They ended up deciding to procrastinate a bit more by looking at past exam questions.

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  • I thought he would put up a bit more of a fight.

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  • Then I scratched a bit deeper to reveal the absurdity of the 9/11 commission, they really expect us to believe that stuff?

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  • Enjoy a bit of friendly banter but do not get abusive.

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  • Seriously, tho, whilst this is all musically accomplished, lyrically it's all a bit too for me testosterone-fuelled.

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  • Then do we supply them with modules of 1 bit adders, so that they can connect them up to make a larger adder?

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  • Now we've got to get a bit more adventurous.

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  • Just playing devil's advocate to raise a bit of honest debate.

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  • I seem to remember he would occasionally get a bit agitated.

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  • Nor is he simply saying, ah, we're all of us a bit odd, aren't we?

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  • I've always been a bit surprised by how many aircrew are unfaithful.

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  • The Birthday Boy and I both agreed it was way too smooth and the milk foam was a bit too airy.

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  • It's a bit like the viewing part in a cricket pavilion, pleasantly airy and not too overcrowded with tables.

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  • Alice band to give a bit of height.

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  • In order to find the detailed sequence alignment we need to scroll down a bit further.

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  • At some stage a complete re-design will need to be done as I feel that it still looks a bit amateurish.

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  • It's a bit like the old health promotion adage about having a beautifully equipped ambulance at the bottom of the cliff.

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  • So there you go amigos try a bit of Mexican cooking at the old hacienda tonight.

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  • We can add a bit of space between the two words by using another ampersand.

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  • Hogganfield is hardly fished at all except by seasoned carp anglers, which is a bit of a shame.

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  • Bald Eagle - I went a bit overboard with the farmyard noises on this, but I liked the way Winston hit the anvil.

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  • The whole subject of firearms seems a bit too arcane for the common man.

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  • I have to say I felt a bit ashamed of myself.

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  • The crossing was a bit lively at first and it was very difficult to see any birds, however a few auks went past.

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  • Wilcox seemed a bit AWOL for large patches of the game.

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  • Try making them a bit more exciting by serving them with crispy bacon, crispy cheese crumbs or sweet chestnut crumble.

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  • Put the pasta bake on, then Jacki and Ross turned up to drop off a video so chatted to them for bit.

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  • They remind a little bit of early Pixies mixing gentle but haunting ballads which suddenly explode into guitar noise.

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  • It is a bit of an experiment, which may or not develop into a full-length ballet.

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  • The cost of aged balsamic vinegar is tempered by the fact that a little bit goes a long way.

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  • I'm a bit bamboozled by this re-raise so I just call.

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  • Runner on the third drawer down a bit bandy, but a fine collection of Oatcake crumbs and bent paper clips included.

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  • I even threw in a bit of audience banter.

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  • The fite bawd wis an albino - nae common, bit ye heard o sic things.

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  • Listening to part 3 of the Horse and his Boy on BBC7, along with a bit more Hama beading.

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  • A bit of self belief is always a good thing.

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  • Right at the start it looked a bit grainy, but as soon as there was any fast movement it was really blocky.

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  • That said, those of us who have had bloodhounds have, I regret to say, had to cheat a little bit.

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  • It was all a bit hectic at the end... would they pass their second blood test?

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  • Something a bit bluesy now with Evil Twin by Eamon Alger's Flying Dreams.

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  • I may stay a message boarder a bit longer than I anticipated.

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  • I feel like I'm going a bit bonkers to be honest!

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  • On the road from BEIJING to PARIS Some people are just a bit crazy, whilst others are absolutely bonkers.

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  • I got a bit bored with not catching fish too.

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  • The original intro was a bit boring, just a conventional piece of lead guitar.

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  • Lulu She has finally found her spot within the group and has even started to become a bit bossy.

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  • Pure essential oils and organic botanicals are added to create just a little bit of " paradise " .

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  • Finally, you can save quite a bit of money by buying silk bouquets, rather than bouquets made of real flowers.

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  • I am thinkin bout Turkey as it is a bit different and alot of people have said its good there!

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  • Cooking outside sounds brill, bit we've got 12 " of snow and more at mo, and more forecast for tonight.

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  • As he says the brits are holding the market up - and maybe they are flagging a bit now as prices have weakened.

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  • We have not had a chance to try one, but they do look a bit bulky and rugged.

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  • Ok just a bit on the extreme side but isn't all this happening today with all the pc bullshit that's ongoing?

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  • Surfing - Are you a bit of a beach bum?

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  • In the water a bit of weight ' trimming ' was needed at the start to get back to neutral buoyancy.

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  • Maybe we can persuade them to keep flipping burgers a bit longer next year... ... Fort Bill's crowds are the best!

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  • Jeremy Paxman's back and talks to Michael Portillo a bit more, with Lord Falconer and Shirley Williams remaining virtual bystanders.

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  • Let's just say they cleared up a bit of a mess from a sponge cake in double quick time.

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  • The best bit being the river of white calcite encountered close to the end.

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  • In dynamic RAMS each bit of information is stored as an electrical charge on the gate capacitance of a field effect transistor.

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  • Just involves a crazy caper with a wizard robe and a bit of Mors madness.

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  • Bit of dignity at last count stop you're going to notify caretakers.

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  • A bit of powdered carmine mixed with a drop of Paramecium culture on a slide always produces interesting results.

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  • You can save money and I can get a bit of extra cash to help pay for my studies.

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  • Traverse - the acting area is down the middle with audience sitting on two opposite sides, a bit like a fashion show catwalk.

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  • He is no stranger to doing his bit for a worthy cause.

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  • Mainly feeling cautious, anxious, a bit strange Slipping back down into sadness - needing to let go again!

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  • Then, as I became a bit older, maybe about eight, I started learning cello.

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  • Missing link Do you have a chandelier that needs a bit of renovation?

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  • This change is matched by a somewhat smaller turbo charger, which steps into operation a bit earlier.

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  • True, they might get a bit chatty afterward when it's all over, but I could not imagine anyone talking like this.

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  • It seems a bit cheeky to organize a ride then say, " OK who'll take me there?

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  • I even got a bit cheeky and asked a few policemen directions, who duly gave them to me.

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  • Michael, Brian is 13 so maybe a bit of Xmas cheer would've been more appropriate, rather than a mocking reply.

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  • It sounds a bit cheesy, I know, but I ended up really inspired by them and a genuine advocate for the charity!

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  • A bit of a cheesy tagline for what is a pretty cheesy sequel to the awesome " Jaws " .

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  • I had a bit of a problem with gear selection coming out of the final chicane, which cost me some time.

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  • The last chicane, introduced last year, is a little bit of a pain.

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  • After about half an hour we were getting a bit chilly.

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  • However, he had the reputation of being a bit of an adventurer and not choosy about ways and means.

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  • Ride NOW, this is where it all gets a bit choppy.

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  • And when someone said I was looking a bit chubby, I was gutted.

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  • It is used to open or close the drill chuck around the shank of a drill bit.

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  • I rather hope that now you're not so chummy with Tony, the truths can flow that bit more easily.

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  • Robbo had a pretty good game (although he looked a bit chunky) but got booked for wasting time.

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  • However, when Dangercon announced that the Farber Fund would be the official convention charity, it seemed a bit churlish not to go.

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  • A virtuous circle that frees you to do the crucial bit - convert the traffic into sales.

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  • A bit cissy really, walking around in a nightie saying bless you to little children and sheep.

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  • The only way to get a good bit of team play going is to join a clan or group up with some mates.

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  • A little bit about Sitges With a ' micro climate ' summer, you can almost depend on the weather!

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  • Getting to Faro was always going to be a bit of an anti climax for me.

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  • We have such a wonderfully close-knit group of friends who all did their bit to make this an event to remember.

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  • And wielding the right-hand bit around as a mouse just seems plain clumsy.

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  • The Rock from Thermos may sound a bit clunky, but mine is more than ten years old and still going strong.

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  • Overall the designs work, if some of the scene changes are a bit clunky.

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  • We might even coax Keith up to the mic for a chat with a little bit of cheese.

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  • This also means the shore fishing has been a bit neglected - I think my rock rods have cobwebs on at the moment.

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  • He was just getting a bit cocky for his own good.

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  • This audio codec requires a bit rate of 192 kbps to provide good audio quality on stereo stations.

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  • Is this just a spooky coincidence or is there a little bit of rivalry going on?

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  • This is a bit like the leper colony of the ship.

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  • The music, too, was just a bit too varied to get comfortable with.

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  • But if the last bit doesn't shatter any complacency residing in Thatcher loyalists then Ludlam and Smith press the point further.

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  • Sorry, it gets a bit complicated at times... .

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  • Going on a bit too much... But then, there's something strangely compulsive about the style.

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  • Supports manual configuration of individual registers at the bit level for the rare cases where the standard configuration options are insufficient.

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  • My only problem is im a bit confused about how the dual channel memory system works.

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  • I also like to think of myself as a bit of a coffee connoisseur!

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  • Two title contenders both a bit out of form, to be honest anything could happen.

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  • Some people might feel that truth number 2's corollary and truth number 3 are a bit contradictory.

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  • Although the bit about the PS2 controllers is a bit harsh as i think that the controller does actully work.

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  • Modern power recorders tend to have linear convertors but with a high bit number.

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  • I'm using it as a handy convertor between DV and composite and vise versa, which is a bit of a shame!

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  • This was not intended - the story why is a bit convoluted.

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  • Anyway, after the shower, I was still feeling hot and sticky, but I felt a bit cooler.

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  • It always sounded a bit corny to me, personally.

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  • It's a cunning story structure that works brilliantly even when it gets a bit corny.

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  • Also, at the risk of sounding corny, the opportunity to do the project was a bit of a reward in itself.

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  • This high wild corrie sees even less traffic than the Great Moss side and is a place to really enjoy a bit of solitude.

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  • I've heard he was a bit of a demon on the tennis courts.

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  • So far, I've found the courtship of Nicholas and Alix was a bit strange!

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  • You have a coven that I wish were just down the road a bit.

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  • Needless to say, these businesses are a little coy about this recent bit of history.

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  • Apart from the bit you wish to remain coy about, I agree with you wholeheartedly.

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  • This might sound a bit crackpot but I do actually believe that language institutes reality in some mysterious way.

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  • There's a bit of passion for traditional craft in all of us.

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  • After her breakfast, feeling a bit crafty, SB dragged some bits out of the craft cupboard and started gluing and sticking.

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  • I thought it looked a bit cramped on that stage - maybe 7 fully-fledged ballerinas need a bit more space.

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  • They managed most of the day without using crampons by a bit of step cutting.

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  • That's a bit crap - I don't want to have to pay £ 20 just to charge from a wall plug.

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  • The plot's somewhat creaky and there's hardly any dramatic tension, but fans of this popular series won't mind a bit.

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  • I'm only turning twenty - a bit early for a mid-life crisis.

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  • Try making them a bit more exciting by serving them with crispy bacon, crispy bacon, crispy cheese crumbs or sweet chestnut crumble.

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  • Didn't quite work, as a bit too crispy on top, and gooey underneath, so the 2 layers separating?

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  • But it wasn't a joke that he had a high croak And walked with a bit of a mince.

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  • He now thinks Class Enemy a bit crude, a bit preachy.

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  • This next bit might sound cruel, I dont mean it to.

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  • I didn't quite cook it for long enough, so the onion was still a bit too crunchy.

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  • Anyways, the finished versions sound really cool, a bit rougher than the album but still crunchy and melodic.

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  • I will use a bit of body language on things like dumbbell curls to grind a few more reps out.

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  • Bit of an awkward cuss - decided early on he wanted to be an engineer rather than a farmer.

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  • Neil Kinnock - The Welsh former Labor Leader who still dabbles a bit in politics!

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  • To a non-religious person, this may seem a bit daft.

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  • Makes me feel a bit daft with my bowl of washing up water!

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  • I have a lawn that contains nearly as many dandelions as blades of grass; there is also a fair bit of moss.

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  • John Harris Friday November 18, 2005 The Guardian bit dark in here isn't it?

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  • I am back and sitting in the kitchen but still a bit dazed and confused.

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  • I've actually done a tiny bit of work here today but it's still deathly quiet.

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  • I now decamped to the Four Seasons Hotel for a bit of treat for a couple of nights.

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  • Heritage style bedrooms tastefully decorated to add a bit of luxury to your stay.

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  • Let's talk a bit about your responsibility for technical documentation related to the US Department of Justice consent decree.

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  • Tegan bit her lip, feeling uncertain, somehow defiled.

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  • This easy angled slab (for a scramble) only has small holds and can feel a bit delicate at times.

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  • Factors to be considered when selecting an appropriate scanner include optical resolution, optical density, bit depth and scanning time.

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  • A bit of sleep deprivation is a small price to pay for spending your Saturday morning on top of Table Mountain.

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  • At the weekend I was feeling a bit despondent...finding it hard to meditate, that sort of thing!

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  • Carolyn has also become a bit of a globetrotter and jets off to various far flung destinations with her mom.

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  • But without organized combat detachments, the most heroic masses will be smashed bit by bit by the Fascist gangs.

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  • If people are too devious about it, that's when there's a bit of a problem.

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  • One of the slides showed diatoms from Port Townsend, situated a bit north of Seattle, USA, on the Pacific coast.

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  • It's all looking a bit dicey in the middle east at the moment.

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  • I got onto the marbles in the hairpin, went a bit wide because the rear locked up and got the tires dirty.

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  • Partly for this reason, and feeling a bit disenchanted with the Primos on the SP, I decide to use the APB.

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  • If you went to this show, you would be a bit disgruntled if some of this verbal didn't happen.

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  • The trainee is also a bit disillusioned by the lack of pupil responses in the classroom.

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  • As I have been unwell as long as I can remember, I was a little bit dismayed by this.

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  • I suspected that this might have put the boys off a bit because it made the record company look somewhat disorganized.

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  • Old fans might also be a bit disoriented by a change in format.

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  • Now I was pleased to be thinking of my homeward journey even tho I was a bit dispirited by my painful condition.

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  • I was so distraught I nearly bit through my bottom lip.

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  • Such a value-neutral term seems a bit evasive for a people whose God clearly states that He hates divorce.

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  • They might feel a bit dizzy or even sick.

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  • I guess things could be a bit more complicated if slices of arrays are used for inputs and outputs, but maybe still doable.

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  • The house in Cedar Lawn Avenue looked a bit dodgy.

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  • Perhaps we are all being a bit too dogmatic.

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  • I think Tina was fussing around a little bit and hanging with the girls in the four-bed dorm.

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  • This may seem a bit drastic to us someone else in charge of such a major decision in our lives!

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  • Which leads on to the most obvious bit of all, the ref was absolutely dreadful.

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  • I've always been a bit of a day dreamer.

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  • It is used to open or close the drill chuck around the shank of a drill chuck around the shank of a drill bit.

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  • The keyboard drones and warp out effects are a bit too minimal to start with but build later on and really strengthen the material.

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  • Answer C will help you work off a few calories and perk you up however you may still feel a bit drowsy.

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  • Now drummer producers can be a bit of a nightmare for the drummer in the band.

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  • I may have been a tad drunk Hehe, think I may have been a bit drunk myself.

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  • The birds were a bit hard to come by there, because it was mid-afternoon, but the activity picked up considerably nearer dusk.

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  • There was a bit of good-natured punter participation and he handled it all with the consummate ease of the experienced professional that he is.

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  • I've seen a fair bit of Europe, including eastern Europe and Turkey.

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  • Compared to saving the rainforests, or helping pandas to breed, linguistic ecology can seem a bit tame.

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  • The first time you take ecstasy is a bit like losing your virginity.

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  • Any way, we're having a bit of fun eh?

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  • Was not playing at all well, technique shot to pieces, bit of a tennis elbow by the end.

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  • Should we be a bit embarrassed by the word ' hymn '?

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  • Whenever Hurley feels the least bit energetic, she is taking Hindu lessons, the mother tongue of Nayar.

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  • I am a good cook, I enjoy entertaining I am a bit of a car freak, older cars I mean.

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  • But we had a little something up our sleeves to provide a bit of night-time entertainment.

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  • When England played Wales in Cardiff recently, I felt a bit envious of the Welsh who sang their own national anthem.

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  • Let your party guests take turns adding a bit of solution to the can to cause further eruptions.

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  • At the very low prices now charged, it'd be a shame not to indulge yourself in a bit of sheer escapism.

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  • The purpose of these transformations will sound a bit esoteric at the moment.

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  • Thus, the contributors collectively conclude in their final chapter that technological change is a bit like Darwinian evolution.

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  • The current rate at which human DNA is being updated by biological evolution is about one bit a year.

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  • Still feeling a bit tired, but that may be due to Xmas excesses!

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  • I hoped to take with me a bit more than an extensive, perhaps excessive, " history of the screw " .

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  • My throat was a bit dry from a day's exertions.

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  • You can, for example, ban all sites that contain even the mildest expletives but allow ones with a bit of fighting.

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  • Another bit of good news is that, in terms of a personality disposition it's very important, extroversion is going up dramatically.

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  • There's nothing wrong with it but Queens have a little bit more like Josh singing a high falsetto.

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