Example sentences of "[vb -s] [verb] quite a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it 's reputation has travelled or it it 's false reputation has travelled quite a long way . |
| 2 | The kind of boat fishing at sea that I 've always done has had quite a few fathoms below the boat , but here the water was clear and only a few feet deep , we were certainly less than one hundred yards offshore . |
| 3 | He added : ‘ My horse has got quite a high cruising speed and , even if we stay in the middle , he is more than capable of galloping his way back into the reckoning . ’ |
| 4 | I believe that I will always remember it , even though it was quite a few years ago and even though it has recurred quite a few times since . |
| 5 | The anthropological fieldworker who eventually returns to the social setting of his homeland usually finds that it has become quite a different place . |
| 6 | Yet despite these differences , English English has gone quite a long way down the road of a more-or-less Americanized professionalism , as identified and rejected in the 1960s by Leavis , Lewis , and Gardner . |
| 7 | ‘ It has taken quite a large chunk out of our lives , ’ he said . |
| 8 | Your life has taken quite a different turn since then . ’ |
| 9 | This Committee has rejected quite a large proportion of the officers proposed statements . |
| 10 | And er then it seems to keep quite a long time if er if you do that . |
| 11 | But it does sound quite a big area to me if you have n't got the land in the first place . |
| 12 | We have only 40 members , though , which makes competing quite a costly activity . |
| 13 | And she 's picked quite a few words up , and |
| 14 | she thinks college is alright and she 's met quite a few people and she likes loads of . |
| 15 | I mean , it was just the words they were using , I mean oh It makes you cringe , oh and then that er girl oh she 's done quite a few things recently . |
| 16 | I 'm not sure and erm course they 're you know , struggling to do the mortgage but it it 's good because he you know , he 's done quite a few jobs for us |
| 17 | He 's just a bit , he needs to calm down a bit cos he 's not got , he 's got quite a nice face . |
| 18 | And also can you put Rebecca 's tracksuit on cos she 's got quite a grubby frock on , so you might as well put her jogsuit on as well . |
| 19 | Now this psychology , there 's absolutely loads of stuff on it so and the Maitlin book 's got quite a good coverage of it , so I 'll go over it quite quickly , alright ? |
| 20 | for the Water Board so he 's got quite a good job you know , but erm , I 'm , we could n't afford to put the other through the apprentice because I mean you had n't got the money had you then |
| 21 | He 's got quite a long body which is what |
| 22 | It 'd probably be a good studio amp as it 's got quite a rich sound , albeit at low volumes . |
| 23 | She 's got quite a haunting voice . |
| 24 | They 're gon na chase it up today , he 's got quite a few orders outstanding with this company . |
| 25 | Yes , okay and we 're still coming round yet again and the last one cos she 's got quite a large fist , I 'll take it over the top , round the back and this one now I can tie , tie it off , sorry tie it off on the back of her hand now , I do n't want to tie it off on the front cos in a minute I want to put this into a sling not too tight ? |
| 26 | It 's got quite a big shed at the back . |
| 27 | And he 's got quite a big holding in the group — he sold out in return for stock . |
| 28 | Pat anticipates receiving quite a few requests in the near future . |
| 29 | Pat anticipates receiving quite a few requests in the near future . |
| 30 | Right so on on top of all this , we 've actually got as Sue 's mentioned quite a few times , we 've actually got to keep the damn thing afloat , well after introducing all this . |