Example sentences of "quite a few [noun] [conj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've tried quite a few times but mine are never any good . ’ |
| 2 | When Eva took some of her black students to play the tambourine at a big meeting in Salisbury it raised quite a few eyebrows and temperatures . |
| 3 | We then had quite a few chances before Norwich scored on a rare break with 11 mins left . |
| 4 | But all day he would n't talk to me , and I must admit , I did get quite a few looks and remarks from boys there . |
| 5 | And we 've quite a few bits and bobs of furnishing that your mother might find useful . |
| 6 | quite a few bits and pieces . |
| 7 | I got through quite a few bits and pieces that was |
| 8 | This strategy is reminiscent of the poster ( visible , interestingly enough , in quite a few staffrooms and offices ) saying ‘ I 'm going to have my nervous breakdown . |
| 9 | There were quite a few battles before Pearce got British Aerospace on the road to privatisation , particularly with civil servants and ‘ officials who were not really responsible , but tended to sit on the sidelines criticising and always coming up with a reason why you could n't do anything . ’ |
| 10 | There are still quite a few trees and bushes festooned with the fruits of last year . |
| 11 | But there were quite a few grumblings that Rocky was n't even on the bench . |
| 12 | Even a picture measuring 30 × 25cm ( 12 × 10in ) , which is large enough to display quite a few flowers and takes a fair amount of skill , would only need a backing 30cm ( 12in ) square , so ½m ( ½yd ) of material could be enough for about eight pictures , depending on the width of the material . |
| 13 | ‘ With Susan we auditioned quite a few people before Carole Ann came in . |