Example sentences of "[prep] quite a few [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was much disenchantment with the policies of the past ; he had won by a landslide in the Electoral College ; his party controlled the Senate ; he had run ahead of quite a few southern Democrats in the House and he was clearly an exceptional performer on television . |
| 2 | They 've sold American rights in both of the novels , film rights in The Factory Whistle and they 're being translated into quite a few foreign languages . |
| 3 | An unprecedented crowd , with quite a few strange faces , had gathered round the church door before the afternoon service . |
| 4 | Er but we dealt with quite a few serious accidents in the time I was there . |
| 5 | A rather lively and interesting school , as it turned out , with quite a few theatrical sons and daughters as pupils and an emphasis on the performing arts . |
| 6 | He would have preferred , I knew , to keep them at home , but Ruth , his wife , had overruled him in that , as she did in quite a few other matters . |
| 7 | I 've spoken to quite a few small businessmen who have been affected in the same way . |
| 8 | ‘ I can cope with even the most difficult calving case , as I 've already proved to quite a few doubtful farmers . ’ |
| 9 | Cos , probably you do n't realize that , even a cigarette light , if you drew a cigarette , like that , and er and made it glow , it 's visible for quite a few hundred yards in the darkness . |
| 10 | I hope she is still around for quite a few more years . ’ |
| 11 | They 're very big landowners — probably worth quite a few million piasters . " |