Example sentences of "[to-vb] quite a [noun sg] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | And , er , the other problem with it is , you really have to know quite a lot about history , or biography to really to really get into . |
2 | You 've got to know quite a lot about rhythm . |
3 | She did seem to meet quite a number of people on her walks ; people whom I knew a little , so that fragments of conversation pursued me . |
4 | We used to grow quite a bit of stuff on the land and er we lived . |
5 | Who then went on to win quite a lot of money , cos he could |
6 | ‘ I used to play quite a lot of football , ’ he explains , ‘ but all I was really good at was knocking the opposition over as a last-ditch defence . ’ |
7 | These seemed to be excellent local background material and I was able to use quite a number of facts from the pamphlets , giving the appropriate reference in each case . |
8 | Obviously the tones are sharper without DBX but the 238S does seem to generate quite a lot of noise on its own . |
9 | So he would have had to do quite a lot of work . |
10 | Well , as you know , when I was a novice I used to do quite a lot of teaching , because the nuns were short-handed , and it was useful practice . |
11 | She had by that time , however , had a whole week in which to do quite a lot of thinking . |
12 | ‘ I hear you 're going to inherit quite a lot of money . ’ |
13 | By shopping around and comparing prices it is often possible to save quite a bit of money , but even so , dry mixes always work out more expensive than mixing your own , although they do also cut out the preliminary stages of the mixing process . |
14 | Poppy had managed to gather quite a collection of workmen 's boots , so I went to the pet shop and bought her some toys , which she loved playing with . |
15 | one mistake you know forget something and you 'll be going round like this five pints I use , I use to see quite a lot of things missing you know in a certain time |
16 | This is an initiative which is enabling schools to pay quite a lot of attention to vocational matters . |
17 | So w did you used to have quite a lot of customers who came up from th from there |
18 | My parents were not very well off when they bought it , and they had to have quite a lot of work done on it before we could move in . |
19 | Yes bear in mind that that of course , that you 're going to get quite a lot of adult audience going through it as well as kids of course . |
20 | But , with a little guidance , it 's possible to get quite a lot of information about the contents and the nutritional value of the food inside . |
21 | But I 'm able to get quite a lot of information and I 'm saying this because you too can get it . |
22 | They have them at St Ermin 's , of course , and I know Ossie Thames used to get quite a lot of office workers when he had them at St Luke 's . |
23 | Slightly altered configuration , but er tracks put in there , erm and er to house quite a lot of wagons and to er allow trains to er to just be held there until they could move up to erm cos that 's single track beyond there . |
24 | It was beginning to dawn on Hoomey that horses like this — surely ? — were going to need quite a lot of attention , feeding , brushing and all that stuff . |
25 | And I like to take quite a chunk of consolation from the fact they did nt beat us to the title … yet we beat them . |
26 | The museums are going to take quite a lot of time . |
27 | I realize , now that I think about it , that even our weekend walks in the countryside around London , with their characteristic mixture of dullness and reassurance , are going to take quite a lot of analysis . |
28 | I like to make it [ the house ] nice , you know , and I like to spend quite a bit of time cooking and that . |
29 | Of course , Madame Duvalle will come over every month to see that I 'm doing things the right way and Monsieur Félix intends to spend quite a lot of time in London . |
30 | ‘ When we were first married , I knew you would have to spend quite a lot of time on your own , when I was tied up with business affairs . |