Example sentences of "have [to-vb] quite a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the evidence also suggests that information spillovers are more important in research than in development , and that a firm has to do quite a lot of its own R&D , if it is to be able to absorb information spillovers effectively . |
| 2 | So he would have had to do quite a lot of work . |
| 3 | This is hard , since on a busy day you will sometimes have to wait quite a while for the waiter to take your order or for the arrival of the food . |
| 4 | John had advised him to transfer from Rome airport to the railway station to avoid a five hour wait at Rome , but oh ! no ! big boots insisted on flying , although the late flight from Rome is notorious — and , of course , just after John had left for Naples airport , having to do quite a lot of the journey on foot , as late evening buses stop at a given time on Public Holidays , rang to say that Alitalia was alleging weather problems at Naples and so the passengers would be transferred by coach arriving at 2am . |
| 5 | ‘ When we were first married , I knew you would have to spend quite a lot of time on your own , when I was tied up with business affairs . |
| 6 | That 's as much as her voice will stand , and we 'll have to cut quite a lot of those anyway if she 's going to get through the Season intact . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Obviously , you have to wear quite a lot of protective clothing to minimise the risk of getting injured . |
| 11 | And , er , the other problem with it is , you really have to know quite a lot about history , or biography to really to really get into . |