Example sentences of "[to-vb] quite a [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I used to know , I used to play at tennis with Bay , the daughter and er the eldest daughter she married another chemist and he ran the place afterwards I think , then there was Jack but er I , I used to know , I used to know quite a lot of the er people on the , who kept these shops . |
| 2 | John had advised him to transfer from Rome airport to the railway station to avoid a five hour wait at Rome , but oh ! no ! big boots insisted on flying , although the late flight from Rome is notorious — and , of course , just after John had left for Naples airport , having to do quite a lot of the journey on foot , as late evening buses stop at a given time on Public Holidays , rang to say that Alitalia was alleging weather problems at Naples and so the passengers would be transferred by coach arriving at 2am . |
| 3 | ‘ But then he avoided the congratulations of his team-mates to run quite a distance to the Middlesbrough fans . |
| 4 | She scuttled over to the far side of the room and had managed to read quite a lot of the letter before Julius came charging after her , taking the paper back from her with such force that it almost ripped in half . |
| 5 | This is hard , since on a busy day you will sometimes have to wait quite a while for the waiter to take your order or for the arrival of the food . |
| 6 | More Antony 's personality seemed to change quite a lot in the play , his true , selfish colours came out in this speech . |
| 7 | The government should be able to get quite a lot of the new indirect tax money it is counting on . |