Sentence examples for began a bit from inspiring English sources

Mr. Powell began a bit stiffly and blandly yet built to great power by the end of the scene, making the capitulation of even so formidable a Violetta understandable.

She then returned as the soloist in Messiaen's Oiseaux Exotiques; the performance began a bit too carefully, tentatively almost, but by the time the kaleidoscopically coloured central tutti was reached, Nelsons was able to allow the CBS Os woodwind and percussion off the leash, while Uchida made her solos both luminous and thrillingly dramatic.

The sexual objectification began a bit later, in the eighth episode, "Girlfriends" -- one of the show's best episodes.

His time on Tuesday night began a bit wobbly, with the cheers of anticipation silenced within five minutes of the first pitch, after he allowed a double into the left-field corner by Ryan Raburn and a walk to Nolan Arenado.

Her elegantly noir novel, "Walking Bones," begins: "A bit of history.

I believe he thinks I work for Phonogram because he begins a bit of a gripe against journalists.

ROCKAWAY - THESE events are always begin a bit awkwardly, with people standing around the lounge, nursing their Yuenglings and Corona Lights, eyeing one another without saying much.

Before we begin, a bit of disclosure: I've been researching this for my own project, Freemit, and I've been talking to startups in this space.

In truth, the book begins a bit earlier–founder Henry was born in 1863 and it compresses the more recent eras (the 1970s merit a scant two chapters, the 1980s get three).

The curves for sea transport begin a bit earlier (around 1750), and air transit of course starts later (from the 1920s onwards), but like movement over land, these other modes of transportation obey clear mathematical regularities.

Authors' response: We agree that our discussion of the misassembly of the SHE gene begins a bit abruptly.