Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] quite a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm then it goes on about quite a bit of this Erm perception and decoding of the speech style er talking about er Martin and Giles . |
| 2 | He 'd had to walk on for quite a bit after that and it was quite late in the day when it occurred to him that the villagers had probably been just having a joke with him and that they would no doubt be feeling anxious by then and starting to worry . |
| 3 | The Factor named a price , Antinou countered and so it went on for quite a while . |
| 4 | This went on for quite a while before it spoke again . |
| 5 | Efforts to find a suitable site for the Vintage & Rotary Wing Collection , with workshops in Stoke-on-Trent , have been going on for quite a while , but the reaction has always been negative — we even had the comment that ‘ We do n't want an aircraft scrapyard here ! ’ |
| 6 | But this was this big case was on you know , and it went on A big lawsuit it went on for quite a while . |
| 7 | oh I 've had a bit of a day or erm ooh , whatever it is , and erm I said to myself I am making allowances for being tired and getting , getting on a bit , you know , and that went on for quite a while actually until I said to myself I 'm making up allowances you know , I 'm |
| 8 | But we kept this on for quite a number of years . |
| 9 | The first time you use your Steamatic in the bathroom you could be in for quite a surprise . |
| 10 | The company came in for quite a bit of stick with their new version of the Escort and if the Mondeo had not been well received they could have been in real trouble . |
| 11 | They have come in for quite a bit of stick , particularly when they 've been dealing with rape cases . |
| 12 | Meanwhile , those officials in the finance ministry and the Bank of Japan who still equate a strong yen with a strong economy may be in for quite a shock . |
| 13 | ‘ She 'll be in for quite a shock on her wedding night , poor little kid . ’ |
| 14 | They have n't been in for quite a while . |
| 15 | Farmers in the past , just as now have had to weigh their goods somewhere , but it seems a curious activity to carry out in the middle of a field and down through quite a number of generations ( the weights span at least two centuries ) . |
| 16 | and , and if she 's already scared of his temper and they 've not even lived together , well they have lived together for quite a while actually so I mean it 's not like they do n't know each other but once they 're married and they 've been married for a couple of years I reckon , and he starts thinking of her more as a possession sort of thing I can , I can really imagine |
| 17 | I came down with quite a thud , and hit my head on the stair post . ’ |
| 18 | He compares the position with that of a pentathlon athlete , who is good enough to compete at top level in each event separately — along with quite a lot of other people . |
| 19 | Oh , yes , because rings come in to quite a bit of wear do n't they ? |
| 20 | The Davidsons ' publicist Clifford Elson said last night : ‘ Jim 's going away for quite a while over Christmas which will give the situation a chance to defuse . |
| 21 | ‘ But you must realise that Stella could be away for quite a period — especially if her appendix is to be removed . ’ |
| 22 | And then again , if I 've been shut away in the Prison of Hostages , I expect I 've been away for quite a time . |
| 23 | I recall the time when Daddy , had been very ill with pernicious anaemia and had to stay indoors for quite a while . |
| 24 | Not for quite a while . |
| 25 | ‘ The rules are loose , ’ a WWF spokeman said , ‘ you can get away with quite a lot . |
| 26 | I think I got away with quite a lot , considering . |
| 27 | We are already at quite a distance from the original simple idea of government by the people . |
| 28 | Nine months or a year 's time we may have a different animal working in that office and it may well be some person who has who does some J L O work to supplement John and does some project work , now er Jackie has indicated she 'd love to fill that role , and we all know what project she 'd want to be doing it , but er if we do put somebody in that role they will be project officer as well and on the wall will be a year planner and it 'll have things like crucial crew gala day and all these major major things and that particular officer will work quite closely with the new Pat and they 'll be able to take some of the weight off our shoulders so when we start planning for something like crucial crew you can delegate some of the work to the project officer and perhaps the other sergeant Now I know things do n't always work out quite that straightforwardly but you know the last year has been a bastard of a year for us in terms of sickness , four S L O's have been on long-term sick we 've lost Pat for all that time Jed was off for quite a while |
| 29 | Anyway she 's been going out on and off for quite a while now . |
| 30 | I used to take them home on quite a number of occasions if I 'd known that they lived in the immediate vicinity . |