Example sentences of "[verb] me quite [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 But the prison system — not particularly capital punishment — but the penal system as it is , and the whole apparatus of judgement , people deciding on other people 's fates … that does irritate , and upset me quite a lot . ’
2 He told me quite a lot about his experiences during our stay in hospital together .
3 It 's typical , they just accepted it all , so it did n't really achieve a great deal , but Mike told me quite a lot of things that I do n't really have any idea , or I did n't know about ,
4 The thought of inserting the diaphragm was worrying me quite a bit .
5 You taught me quite a lesson yesterday ! ’
6 It takes me quite a while to go through them cos I check every one careful like .
7 There 's a lot of traffic here and it takes me quite a bit to cross all the roads to get to where I want .
8 I knit with a Brother 830 and enjoy it very much , I also look forward to your magazine each month which helps me quite a lot .
9 Once I had learnt to ride , the trick of balancing took me quite a while , that bike , over the next four years gave me enormous pleasure .
10 It took me quite a while to rebuild my confidence .
11 To tell the truth , it took me quite a while to realize that the pitiable chirruping I heard all about me was , in fact , human speech .
12 It took me quite a while to convince him that my being with you was because I was trying to persuade you to — ’
13 It took me quite a while to cope with the shock . ’
14 Well , he sent me quite a series of postcards , and from them I was able to reconstruct a typical street corner .
15 It gave me quite a thrill .
16 But he bore no malice , and on the way back to the hotel gave me quite a run-down on his cousin Ena , who he said had once been Queen of Spain .
17 It gave me quite a shock .
18 You gave me quite a shock . ’
19 ‘ My goodness , yes , you gave me quite a fright . ’
20 It really gave me quite a fright .
21 Still , the thought gave me quite a jolt of pleasure .
22 I was missing the warmth of the people , although my two years in the ‘ east ’ gave me quite a lot of material which you will discover in the following pages .
23 It gives me quite a shock .
24 It has taken me quite a while to be able to do that .
25 It 's taken me quite a while to come up with this team and i 'm sure i 've missed some absolute wankers out , but here goes .
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