Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] quite [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course you can well I knew of a girl who married I would n't say she 'd married well when she started out but her husband was enterprising e eventually got himself quite a good job at the at people who print the bank notes so so that they they started off in a prefab and they ended up with a new four bedroom bungalow with central heating at Athorpe Roding . |
| 2 | Though the overall level may not have been as spectacular as it has in years past , the show has built itself quite a substantial following , and most dealers reported ‘ okay ’ business . |
| 3 | The Stage I V8 was fitted with restrictors behind the carbs to ‘ strangle ’ the power down to comply with type approval regulations If you remove the carbs you will see behind them the restrictor ‘ plug ’ with three smaller holes in it Sometimes they pull out and sometimes they need breaking up with a chisel ( after removing the manifold ) This will give you quite a considerable increase in power , so watch the roadholding ! |
| 4 | We have an awful lot of experience in these things , and we can do you quite a big show at very short notice . ’ |
| 5 | One portion of chips 'll be enough between us cos they give you quite a generous helping of chips so I |
| 6 | You 've had it quite a long time have n't you ? |
| 7 | I would an for two reasons I , I 'm going to give her quite a long course . |
| 8 | All in all , I would be prepared to give her quite a high mark during her time in government , which I am sure will be a source of great relief to her when she comes to sleep at night . |
| 9 | And th on the cherish you and whatever else and th erm , I mean we 've already got a situation where we 've got erm through Peter and David , the other two , I mean we 've got erm erm two or three breweries who are quite willing to erm to give us quite a substantial amount of money not as loans , as write-offs against barrelage erm which means that we do n't have any repayments to make etcetera . |
| 10 | Did it take you quite a long time to get to sleep ? |
| 11 | ‘ How can I ever treat her quite the same again' , he said . |
| 12 | It took me quite a long time to get over it . |
| 13 | It took me quite a long time . |
| 14 | Chairman , if they are recorded all later , it took me quite a long time to discover them , could we have , abbreviations just written out , it makes it very difficult for me to , I 'm not used , I mean , I 'm |
| 15 | Of course I called her Mum , but it took me quite a little while to accept her as my mother . |
| 16 | It took her quite a long time to understand what had occurred and what she had done wrong . |
| 17 | Although the number of lessons needed may make it quite an expensive form of treatment , nonetheless it is very effective and many long-standing ills may be cured by its use . |
| 18 | ‘ He gave me quite a stern lecture on the subject . |
| 19 | It gives one quite a strong idea of what it 's going to be like to be a corpse . ’ |
| 20 | And I do n't where I got I gave him quite a good sermon which I thought was y know quite erm to try and help the situation and he said I 'd give them er my conditions . |
| 21 | When he sat down again to finish his kedgeree Aunt Tossie gave him quite a funny look , and burst out laughing . |
| 22 | The death of Wyatt 's father in 1818 left him quite a wealthy man , able to indulge a taste for connoisseurship and collecting works of art . |