Example sentences of "[verb] quite a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was surprised to find quite a few patches of snow near the summit , which I reached at about half past ten . |
| 2 | The architect most commonly associated with this work was George Baines who designed quite a few churches for Baptists . |
| 3 | And she 's picked quite a few words up , and |
| 4 | Aids have claimed quite a few victims now |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | We drew quite a few games away . |
| 7 | I know down at Evans I 've noticed quite a few things in there , there are different |
| 8 | You t you said about morale being , but why , and the , having met quite a few tenants from the flats , who in terms of individuals that have come in here , you know , to , to seek advice . |
| 9 | But he said all he did was people he 'd met quite a few times now , they say that you know like cos he 's very funny , he comes out with me , god Sally what 's the matter with you , you 've been drinking or something , I said no , that 's how he is he 's not |
| 10 | He scored quite a few goals , I remember one in particular against Arsenal in some cup game in the dying seconds of extra time ( there was still long enough for Arsenal to equalise though ) . |
| 11 | She knew , with a feeling of detachment , that she attracted quite a few stares herself , primarily from men , and that if she had not had André at her side she would have been in very real danger of having to concoct a few efficient exit lines . |
| 12 | I 've done quite a few ads , the latest Marmite ad is mine and now I 've got the part in Brookside which is great , I 'm really enjoying it . |
| 13 | I mean , it was just the words they were using , I mean oh It makes you cringe , oh and then that er girl oh she 's done quite a few things recently . |
| 14 | I 'm not sure and erm course they 're you know , struggling to do the mortgage but it it 's good because he you know , he 's done quite a few jobs for us |
| 15 | He said : ‘ I 've done quite a few police jobs and appeared in front of the Royal Family . |
| 16 | This bright red bus is large and suitable for serving quite a few children . |
| 17 | put quite a few lines in there |
| 18 | ‘ I have seen quite a few races on television and the competition is really good . ’ |
| 19 | Peach and cherry trees are out in blossom , and we 've seen quite a few birds . |
| 20 | You know , it happens quite a few times , does n't it ? |
| 21 | ‘ At first I was the only guest wearing it , but I noticed quite a few others following suit . ’ |
| 22 | Fill players like O'Grady and Hibbit , then later Bates and Yorath played quite a few games . |
| 23 | The influence of overseas coaches and players in rugby league has raised the standard of individual players enormously , and added quite a few numbers through the turnstiles . |
| 24 | → We receive quite a few letters from people who have suffered from the indifferent attitude which seems to prevail in many music shops . |
| 25 | And , of course , he 's so revered for this sleight-of-hand that he 's constructed a two and a half hour show to appeal mainly to his legions of cultish disciples who 've been waiting quite a few years for him to make sense again . |
| 26 | The remaining seven months of Minutes up to January 1909 , when the 11 years silence started , give quite a few insights into the growing pains of a new untried enterprise , although some club business has a familiarly contemporary ring ! |
| 27 | Sold quite a few boxes of crackers there too . |
| 28 | I 've used quite a few buckets of water washing walls . |
| 29 | You 've got a golf course , you 've got quite a few things round here , you 've even , you 've got your school just a bit , you know up past . |
| 30 | erm right in the book and other ones I 've read , cos I 've also got , well I 've got quite a few journals with |