Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [prep] quite a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is apparently done in quite a crude fashion , using a look-up table . |
| 2 | ‘ I can cope with even the most difficult calving case , as I 've already proved to quite a few doubtful farmers . ’ |
| 3 | Experience of earlier privatisations is that the form of sale is rarely settled until quite a late stage in the exercise . |
| 4 | Mornings had indeed developed into quite a happy routine of little errands and duties for Aunt Emily , the hens and the sea ; and if she felt now , as quite often she did , an incomprehensible longing for something wilder and freer and more satisfying than this domestic round , she put it down to needing to be in the open air more and gave herself , next morning , a longer spell on the smooth buff sands of the bay . |
| 5 | But I think we need to prove that we 've actually communicated with quite a few people to say that if we do n't hear from you in two months then I 'm afraid the scheme will lapse . |