Example sentences of "[vb infin] [vb pp] quite [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I see you 've got quite a full house here . |
| 2 | 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 ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ people who knew him very well must have had quite a hard time with him , he was so depressed . |
| 4 | 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 ) |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The bit has various clefts cut out and would have served quite an intricate lever lock . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | A lot of people know that I 'm finishing tonight so I might get bought quite a few drinks . |