Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [prep] quite [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I simply heard from numerous of my friends that they were rung up by quite junior Whips who stressed that Alec was standing , having decided to renounce his peerage . |
| 2 | From later Marxists comes the idea that individuals ' daily lives are caught up in quite distinct local forms of social relation . |
| 3 | A key feature of a generative programme is that it can be made up of quite simple instructions , yet generate very complex forms . |
| 4 | I 'm actually concerned that if we , did anybody know about this issue earlier on because I think this has been going on for quite some time erm probably over the last two years and if anyone did know then why did n't they address it before and if anyone did n't know , why not ? |
| 5 | It 's going on for quite some time . |
| 6 | Brazil 's Free Zone of Manaus ( ZFM ) provides a good illustration of the difficulties of adjustment , even though it was set up for quite different purposes . |
| 7 | This saga has gone on for quite some time . |
| 8 | Some branches go in for quite lavish posters , some make do with local draughtsmanship . |
| 9 | I do n't think he lay down for quite some time though as he never had any shavings in his mane or tail for weeks but at least he could move about and that relieved quite a few of his problems . |
| 10 | But i It 's obvious that you 've always y gone in for quite stylish displays of your fruit too have n't you ? |
| 11 | Different groups , using slightly different recording techniques , can end up with quite different descriptions of the response properties of the cells in the same region because they are , in fact , recording from different cell populations ( O'Keefe and Conway 1978 ; Olds , Disterhoft , Segal , Kornblith , and Hirsh 1972 ; Stryker and Sherk 1975 ) . |
| 12 | With dragging , your first colour should be put down with quite firm pressure and the top colour is then very lightly dragged across , as in ( f ) . |
| 13 | amazed I actually did erm what happened erm I was happened to be upstairs and my wife shouted quick quick there 's a zither , so I zoomed down here and the lady was still talking to you and a dialled well consequently I did n't get through for quite some time but I did eventually , erm your lady on the reception said well it 's gone now she said but I will give the lady 's telephone number and I spoke to the lady and told her the position and she says well if it 's not collected by so time I 'll g ring you back and I said well I 've been after one for a long long time she said well I ca n't understand it cos I 've been advertising it . |
| 14 | To escape , the heat has to travel up through quite large thicknesses of continental crust , and a large proportion does not get very far ; instead , it comes to rest and solidifies a few kilometres below the surface , forming enormous masses of igneous rock which have been forced or intruded into the crust and are known as batholiths ( Greek origin , meaning something like deep stones ) . |
| 15 | The units are put together to form meaningful chains of symbolism but the same units may turn up in quite different ritual contexts . |
| 16 | Philosophy deals with conceptual difficulties , and these arise in the working out of quite detailed and specific ideas , as well as of wider ones . |