Example sentences of "[vb base] [vb infin] quite " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm , we do know quite a lot about erm , why it is that when you diet you start to think about food all the time , and why it is that certain things happen , and I think that there 's more and more information and knowledge being gathered and yes , the na , the desire to change has to come from the individual but perhaps , having clinics available where people can go when they 're ready to change or where they can get help . |
| 2 | You do know quite a lot but you 're thinking , phworgh where does he get that from . |
| 3 | I think one of the things that is necessary is that you do need quite a strong centre within government at the moment , and , as we deal with all these complicated issues , whether they are … political or intelligence issues [ such ] as … the Falklands Isles or whether it 's something highly controversial such as nuclear power or defence or even road systems , you need a much stronger centre than we have got at the moment . |
| 4 | Cheshire 's work shows that this assumption is too simple since , for example , main verb DO and auxiliary do behave quite differently in Reading vernacular and in standard English , the patterns of variation in Reading vernacular being quite different for each of the verb-form 's two grammatical functions . |
| 5 | And to qualify for that grant , you have got to submit two er your programme for the year and you 've got ta give the secretaries , you 've got to give a report and you 've got to give your balance sheet and er , Jean is always , I must say , very pleased with mine because erm you know , we do give quite a lot to charity . |
| 6 | ‘ I really do feel quite poorly , Joan . ’ |
| 7 | I 'm never never one for for making work but on an a on although this is n't going to be called an annual report for most children it will be an annual event and I do feel quite strongly that for the child to be able to have the opportunity |
| 8 | Qui qui er I actually do feel quite drained , fairly |
| 9 | So , you know , I do feel quite involved in what they 're doing and they 're they will readily come and share with you . |
| 10 | However , they do grow quite quickly and one day you 'll only have one Trigger left , as the most dominant one will assert its authority . |
| 11 | ‘ Maybe , ’ she acknowledged , ‘ but I do work quite hard , and often for long hours , which means I 'm often too tired to go out . ’ |
| 12 | When the political and economic imagination is confronted by the economic success of an example which is in many respects an alternative to those Pacific cases , typified here by reference to Sweden , the implicit choices really do become quite evident . |
| 13 | They did n't cost a great deal , but they do look quite classy in a boozy sort of way . |
| 14 | These spectacles do provide quite different views on the official portrait of crime and criminals . |
| 15 | Or between wife and husband , we tend to think only of transfer from husbands to wife , but er we do meet quite er a w er ladies who 've got quite high earnings and they themselves are paying forty percent in which case they should make sure that any investment income of theirs is transferred to the husband , so as to get the , to either use up allowances that are not being used at all because of absence of the income , or to benefit from these different rates of tax . |
| 16 | The Bill 's interesting , I think , because they do have quite a few isolated episodes , like that issue of wife battering , which can be quite progressive . |
| 17 | But I do have quite a lot of tall plants , Water wisteria , Hygrophila and Polysperma as well as some bushy plastic plants . |
| 18 | For your call , we do have quite a number of callers on the line at the moment , if you could just be patient with us , because the time now is half past twelve . |
| 19 | Mbuna do scratch quite a bit , but regular flicking is a sign that all is not well . |
| 20 | But there will be situations where you really feel you may be defending a lost cause , because after all things do go quite disastrously wrong . |
| 21 | So that you can enjoy your hobbies and , and , and , and you know , you can take on hobbies that do , do require quite a lot from you , if you 've got the stamina . |
| 22 | Although to someone of your tender years I suppose I do seem quite old and decrepit . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I do get quite a lot of fan mail I suppose , ’ he eventually concedes after much probing . |
| 24 | But I do get quite a few people phone me as you know asking for information . |
| 25 | Ah , then we do n't want some big ones , do we , cos some of the shrub roses do get quite er quite tall and quite wide as well . |
| 26 | I mean I … you know I do talk quite openly to my pupils which is a little daring of me because the situation in Cyprus is a little different from here … |
| 27 | I think a lot of people who suffer from asthma type diseases here do suffer quite severely erm because of this and I think that at some point we 're probably going to have to , to look at it and try and devise a system which , which allows us to pick up the grass . |
| 28 | The sort of way we can help is the mother and toddlers groups in this kind of thing , where the parents are involved and inevitably do learn quite a lot erm , about how to function and you know , to play with them , and the things that they enjoy . |