Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] quite a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | For some engaged couples it is difficult to imagine ever having a conflict , while others have already experienced quite a few . |
| 3 | He faced the challenge of Dunluce , a 6860-yard , par 73 giant that had already brought quite a few players to their knees , among them title favourite Phil Tataurangi . |
| 4 | The blow was so crippling because confidence had already taken quite a few knocks . |
| 5 | He 'd already burned quite a few wallfuls , and had come down , under protest as much to keep Ajayi happy as anything else . |
| 6 | Nina resumed cracking nuts , adopting exactly the same grip on the hammer her mother had demonstrated , and successfully opened quite a few . |
| 7 | Ward had his camera with him , and though he led me round at a breathless pace , talking all the time about the terrible religious cult of the Aztecs , he also took quite a few pictures , usually with myself or some other human in the foreground to give an indication of the scale of the place . |
| 8 | You both had quite a few |
| 9 | She also had quite a few things two small Picassos and a picture by Robert Delaunay called ‘ The window ’ that Taírov was given when they were in Paris on tour together , and a very fine Yakulov . |
| 10 | ‘ She knew a lot of people , probably had quite a few lovers , but I think she was short on real friends . |
| 11 | She has a good sense of humour and also shares quite a few of my interests . |
| 12 | Well for one thing we have got really have quite a few school teachers now who just could n't get off during How many school teachers do we have Agnes ? |
| 13 | But what you do a lot I think is you know how to do quite a few things but you 're concentrating I mean here you 're thinking , Ah all I 'm doing now is where w w get the commas in the right place . |
| 14 | We then had quite a few chances before Norwich scored on a rare break with 11 mins left . |