Example sentences of "[verb] quite a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The daughters of Charles the Cheesemonger were still very much around , however , and as the offspring of a man in trade and one who , despite his early death , had enjoyed quite a full working life , they were fairly well-breeched compared to the daughters of their Uncle John . |
| 2 | Having considered quite a complicated multiplier appropriate for an open economy , it is still worth while considering the ‘ standard ’ fiscal multipliers , usual in public finance texts . |
| 3 | I was surprised to find quite a few patches of snow near the summit , which I reached at about half past ten . |
| 4 | For example , placing the blocks in the centre of a large room or out on the porch , instead of in their usual corner , can stimulate quite a different type of play . |
| 5 | The architect most commonly associated with this work was George Baines who designed quite a few churches for Baptists . |
| 6 | I cook quite a reasonable steak . ’ |
| 7 | And she 's picked quite a few words up , and |
| 8 | So anyway , he erm had his say quite a long story and er the Chairman turned round all of a sudden and he s he could n't say the Chairman er said call him cos that 's what we call him and he said er he said erm would you like to come back to the rostrum again and he said erm you were explaining to me about an accident you had in the quarry in quarry , erm some years back and he said , I 'd like you to explain to these people . |
| 9 | Innocent 's chancery — which was to bear quite a heavy weight of governmental responsibility during the pontificate — appears to have been run personally and autocratically by the pope . |
| 10 | MCM provide quite a good assembly instruction leaflet with photographs depicting the 48 stages of the assembly procedure . |
| 11 | Partly for tourist reasons but partly because it does in fact provide quite a good service . |
| 12 | Your recollections will no doubt revive a lot of memories for many of our older readers and provide quite a few talking points for younger ones . |
| 13 | Mark : I certainly found quite a distinct difference between actually going out looking for sex , which I often associated with going to discos and , on the other hand , just making friendships which happened in a much more natural and less forced way . |
| 14 | Quite by chance he heard that they had another depôt off Mitcham Road , West Croydon and on visiting that found quite a different state of affairs . |
| 15 | Many of the wood carving subjects were taken from book illustrations , particularly after the invention of printing , when books illustrated with woodcuts found quite a large circulation . |
| 16 | Aids have claimed quite a few victims now |
| 17 | ‘ With the Floyd I used quite a different system : two Fender 150 watt heads and two pairs of Marshall 4x12s . |
| 18 | ‘ Ian looks quite a good keeper all-round . |
| 19 | Actually , with the exception of Oldham , and 4 home and only 2 away matches , this looks quite a tricky fixture list for them . |
| 20 | You 're becoming quite a leading man in this crew , George Merry . |
| 21 | Carlos Palenque , a mestizo who built up a media empire by getting poor Indians to telephone their complaints to his radio and television shows , may win quite a few votes in the capital . |
| 22 | Then Davey moved quite a long way away for his work and she hardly saw him . |
| 23 | Brighton four-piece Sleep have produced a mighty fine debut which is obviously predominantly influenced by US hardcore but also owes quite a large debt to our own Snuff . |
| 24 | Brighton four-piece Sleep have produced a mighty fine debut which is obviously predominantly influenced by US hardcore but also owes quite a large debt to our own Snuff . |
| 25 | ‘ I was extraordinarily lucky in starting off in a post that was small enough and compact enough to enable me to meet quite a sizeable proportion of the population . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I 'll want to catch quite an early train from Liverpool Street . |
| 27 | So I think Tollerton stands quite a good chance of getting that one through . |
| 28 | Nomes can fall quite a long way without being hurt , and in any case a bacon , lettuce and tomato sandwich broke his fall . |
| 29 | Erm number one strength Alan erm although he does n't see to eye T eye eye to eye with er a lot of the city institutions and a lot of the shareholders erm he he does know his business erm and he has quite a strong character , very forceful and . |
| 30 | To me , the smell is not unlike fresh human ‘ BO ’ , but a bit sweeter ; it also has quite a peppery hint to it and a touch of wood smoke . |