Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] [prep] quite a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The toy that I remember lasting for quite a long time was a beautifully made wooden engine with its tender and two trucks . |
| 2 | I 've spoken to quite a few small businessmen who have been affected in the same way . |
| 3 | Well I 've lived in quite a few places , I 've , I say , before I came here , I was at mother and baby Home , and before that I was living with friends in Liverpool , and before that I was in Nottingham at a bed and breakfast place , lodgings , and er |
| 4 | I have looked at quite a few , but there have not been any which have struck me as being ‘ the one ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ No , darling , but Mother and Lady Selvedge have come from quite a long way — miles , really — and those two young men talking to Ianthe are strangers , and I dare say Mr Stonebird will look in , ’ said Sophia comfortingly . |