Example sentences of "[verb] me quite [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the prison system — not particularly capital punishment — but the penal system as it is , and the whole apparatus of judgement , people deciding on other people 's fates … that does irritate , and upset me quite a lot . ’ |
| 2 | He told me quite a lot about his experiences during our stay in hospital together . |
| 3 | It 's typical , they just accepted it all , so it did n't really achieve a great deal , but Mike told me quite a lot of things that I do n't really have any idea , or I did n't know about , |
| 4 | The thought of inserting the diaphragm was worrying me quite a bit . |
| 5 | You taught me quite a lesson yesterday ! ’ |
| 6 | It takes me quite a while to go through them cos I check every one careful like . |
| 7 | There 's a lot of traffic here and it takes me quite a bit to cross all the roads to get to where I want . |
| 8 | I knit with a Brother 830 and enjoy it very much , I also look forward to your magazine each month which helps me quite a lot . |
| 9 | Once I had learnt to ride , the trick of balancing took me quite a while , that bike , over the next four years gave me enormous pleasure . |
| 10 | Of course I called her Mum , but it took me quite a little while to accept her as my mother . |
| 11 | It took me quite a while to rebuild my confidence . |
| 12 | It took me quite a few years to realize that my timing was terrible — the repercussions of being born then were enormous . |
| 13 | It took me quite a long time to get over it . |
| 14 | And I can remember one of my first patients I had to take blood from , and it took me quite a few goes on that poor lady but she 's still friends with me so she 's forgiven me . |
| 15 | To tell the truth , it took me quite a while to realize that the pitiable chirruping I heard all about me was , in fact , human speech . |
| 16 | It took me quite a long time . |
| 17 | It took me quite a while to convince him that my being with you was because I was trying to persuade you to — ’ |
| 18 | Chairman , if they are recorded all later , it took me quite a long time to discover them , could we have , abbreviations just written out , it makes it very difficult for me to , I 'm not used , I mean , I 'm |
| 19 | It took me quite a while to cope with the shock . ’ |
| 20 | Well , he sent me quite a series of postcards , and from them I was able to reconstruct a typical street corner . |
| 21 | ‘ My goodness , yes , you gave me quite a fright . ’ |
| 22 | Still , the thought gave me quite a jolt of pleasure . |
| 23 | I was missing the warmth of the people , although my two years in the ‘ east ’ gave me quite a lot of material which you will discover in the following pages . |
| 24 | But he bore no malice , and on the way back to the hotel gave me quite a run-down on his cousin Ena , who he said had once been Queen of Spain . |
| 25 | It gave me quite a thrill . |
| 26 | ‘ He gave me quite a stern lecture on the subject . |
| 27 | It gave me quite a shock . |
| 28 | It really gave me quite a fright . |
| 29 | You gave me quite a shock . ’ |
| 30 | It gives me quite a shock . |