Example sentences of "have have quite a [noun] of " in BNC.

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1 Poor old Yallop , Spruce thought , had had quite a day of it after twenty-five entirely uneventful — and promotionless — years in the force .
2 I 've always thought very highly of Michael Jaffé , until recently Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum , and I 've had quite a lot of pleasant conversations with him .
3 Well , we 've had quite a lot of money from Oxford from different people so you do n't know .
4 Baked potatoes , we 've had quite a lot of baked pot
5 Many parts of the continent have also got a drought ; in France , in southern Italy and Greece in particular but Spain , they 're not too bad actually they 've had quite a lot of thundery showers this summer .
6 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 .
7 ‘ To date , we have had quite a lot of interest in our facilities . ’
8 Every time I wonder about going to join George and to use my TEFL qualification , I wonder how I would REALLY do teaching English to people , though I guess I have had quite a lot of ad hoc and ungrammatical ( ! ) experience with the various language students who have stayed here .
9 Now , I 'm pleased to say we have had quite a number of of er replies from churches on what they think they can d , do .
10 Well here 's the Director General of Fair Trading , and this is someone who 's had quite a bit of experience on this , Sir Gordon Borey and he says that motorists should ensure that any cover they buy is in the form of an individual insurance policy in their name .
11 but she 's had quite a lot of training in other things actually and with the man marketing department that they 've got there they might not need that the thing coming up I 've just had what 's interesting about that and what I do n't like about it is not to because I have a lot of respect for her .
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