41.   Over the years, he also has filled a large vat with water, bit by bit, using an eyedropper.

42.   Piece by piece, bit by bit, the Mets were turning the momentum.

43.   Piece by piece, bit by bit, the reality of the situation is dawning.

44.   She also said she sent out batches of the numerous samples bit by bit, so the laboratories would not be overwhelmed.

45.   So they got very tired along the way, and they gave things away bit by bit to other people, to lighten the load.

46.   Soon he was tending a coral nursery, and bit by bit, he began landscaping with sponges, sea stars and sea cucumbers.

47.   Then, bit by bit, they overlap and merge.

48.   Then, bit by bit, outrage by outrage, his unabashed ambitions were smothered by minor scandal and momentous rumor.

49.   They cut down living trees, dry them out and burn them, bit by bit.

50.   They give it up bit by bit, letting themselves be tied down with an infinity of little knots.