Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] quite a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More Antony 's personality seemed to change quite a lot in the play , his true , selfish colours came out in this speech . |
| 2 | I feel certain that many non-disabled adults would find some of the journeys the students learnt to undertake quite a challenge with only rural public transport to depend on . |
| 3 | He began to fantasise quite a bit about this as he walked down Kensington Church Street . |
| 4 | Sorry Chief Administrator Officer and I had to provide quite a lot of statistical information which I 'd never done before but nevertheless I , I made a fairly reasonable job of it , I had an assistant and erm I , I think I got fairly well known amongst the councillors and people who mattered and then went . |
| 5 | My parents were not very well off when they bought it , and they had to have quite a lot of work done on it before we could move in . |
| 6 | Well yes I had to spend quite a lot of time on the line to her because er her husband 's been quite ill with bladder trouble . |
| 7 | It was true if you had an American boyfriend you stood to gain quite a bit in material goods , as their PX always seemed to be well stocked with food and silk stockings , cigarettes and make-up — all things in short supply in England — and for this reason if nothing else the Yanks were never short of female company . |