Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] quite [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I 'll want to catch quite an early train from Liverpool Street . |
2 | I see you 've got quite a full house here . |
3 | The England coach , who is also assistant to Ian McGeechan on the Lions tour to New Zealand this summer , and who has been in Scotland since last Thursday , admitted yesterday that the Scots ' performance against Wales ‘ had been very impressive and must have surprised quite a few people , especially down south ’ . |
4 | ‘ people who knew him very well must have had quite a hard time with him , he was so depressed . |
5 | Mr le Gros , who sang a serenade filled with double entendres to his fickle mistress in the Ballet des plaisirs , must have had quite a high voice since he was normally assigned parts notated in either alto clef ( C3 , the usual clef for the high tenor voice known as the haute-contre ) |
6 | I can put a point rather more crudely than the Lord put it , but I realise that the present Government find it inconceivable , one day they will be in opposition , but I do wonder if they would have shown quite the same enthusiasm for this solution if it had been forthcoming from a Labour Government . |
7 | The bit has various clefts cut out and would have served quite an intricate lever lock . |
8 | This is where some fault or other has manifested itself sufficiently to affect the flight , though the critical event might have happened quite a long time before and been ‘ cooking up ’ until the divergence took place . |
9 | In others the stick will have to move quite a long way forwards before the wing unstalls and the spin stops . |
10 | A lot of people know that I 'm finishing tonight so I might get bought quite a few drinks . |
11 | She does seem to have quite a free hand for a woman under twenty one |
12 | Putting in a new inspection chamber will involve digging quite a large hole in the ground — and supporting the sides of it while the chamber is being built to prevent them caving in . |