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 .
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