But it was a bit late for second thoughts.

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So even when I was getting to it I was a little bit late and missed a few too many returns.

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The reason Derek had to flip the ball was that he was actually a little bit late getting there.

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That late Evans penalty put paid to a late rally from London Irish, but it was all a bit too little, too late from the hosts, for whom Mike Catt had an off day with the boot.

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Twitter, Facebook and other forms of social media were a bit late to this party, but Obama was light-years ahead of everyone else there too.

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We were late coming up from the dive and it was a bit dark - maybe they just weren't seen.

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Hamilton said he had been told by the team that the red light was on at the end of the pit lane, but that the warning came "a little bit late".

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