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 . |