Example sentences of "[v-ing] quite a [noun sg] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At least ten birds have been sighted on the island this year , and they are causing quite a stir among ornithologists . |
| 2 | A SEEMS to me as though you may have been overfeeding them with a fertiliser containing quite a lot of nitrogen and perhaps over-watering . |
| 3 | Winter has come at last , and we have had some severe frosts , but we are still getting quite a lot of sun , in marked contrast to last year 's everlasting grey skies . |
| 4 | So how we , so there was no obvious leader and how are we gon na pull ourselves ah ahead , well we have to improve our media coverage and we 've done quite a lot on that , John 's been very successful in getting quite a lot of media coverage both for individuals within the firm and for the the firm as a whole . |
| 5 | So in parts of the next chapter you will be getting quite a lot of detail . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've been losing quite a lot of weight since I came to Hochhauser . |
| 7 | If your house is detached and secluded , then you must think about spending quite a bit of money on boundary protection — high walls and fences with added obstructions on top , such as trellis or privet . |
| 8 | we would spending quite a lot of money |
| 9 | Remember that you will be spending quite a lot of time out there working , and probably some time observing . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'll probably be spending quite a lot of time writing poetry . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ It was quite frightening to see the extent of the flooding , and a tribute must be paid to the emergency services for the part they played in rescuing quite a number of people , ’ said a Dyfed County Council spokesman . |
| 12 | Well , we 're on the second summer , just finishing now , and we 're having quite a lot of produce coming off the plots , and we 're hoping to start an orchard as well , just to keep it developing . |
| 13 | You 've been doing quite a bit with things that add up to ten have n't you and you 've been doing things like seven add three comes to ten and three add seven can you read my figures ? |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm doing quite a lot of work behind the scenes and talking to various people but I 'm not rushing into anything . |
| 15 | Lately George has been doing quite a lot of libel , where there is also a jury to persuade and headlines to be had . |
| 16 | ‘ We 're doing quite a lot of research in most of these areas — though of course we all agree we ought to do more . |
| 17 | One offer he describes as ‘ managing quite a lot of money ’ and the other was a partnership in a substantial firm of solicitors . |
| 18 | Well , I 've been hearing quite a lot about timeshare recently . |
| 19 | on radio , television , sponsorship , sessions and producer work I take 20 per cent because those things are often rather fiddly , involving quite a lot of work and not producing very much of a financial return . |
| 20 | And that really means which operations , in your own business , are taking quite a lot of time , and therefore costing you money . |
| 21 | ‘ We would like to see the council address the issue seriously because it is affecting quite a lot of pensioners . ’ |
| 22 | I understand from Valerie — I 've been seeing quite a lot of Valerie , as I think she 's indicated — that you were visiting your husband today . |
| 23 | That was particularly so when the 50p levy was generating quite a lot of finance at local level . |
| 24 | But we do keep going the wages for the crews are paid , the ships go for their refits , and in the Ingard group 's annual report the ships are shown as making quite a lot of money — more than we used to make in the old days . |
| 25 | By the time he was eighteen , he was earning quite a lot of money as a medium . |
| 26 | Do you , do you happen to know , will this service give benefit advice as well , because the , the budget which introduced a , an allowance of a kind for , for child care , is actually quite complicated , and , and it 's kind of er , an amount of income which can be disallowed before Family Credits are calculated and it , it , it involves a new kind of benefits trap as well , and I can see people needing quite a lot of advice about how to get it , and , and when not to get it and so on . |
| 27 | I have been practising quite a lot in training . |