Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] quite a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I became quite a celebrity because of it . |
| 2 | I lived quite a lot of my early childhood at the Thompsons ' house behind a shop on Harehills Parade . |
| 3 | He used to make the black and whites and the black coats with a silk stripe ; and I quite thought they were costermongers until I went to help a friend of mine — she kept a public house — and I met quite a lot of them there . |
| 4 | ‘ I got quite a shock . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I got quite a surprise . |
| 6 | I got quite a lot of reading done — John managed to persuade one of the nice Italian staff at the British Council Library to let me have two more books than my five allowed , so I had them on her ticket ! |
| 7 | So I got quite a lot of old tools , really old ones |
| 8 | Bit I learnt quite a lot in , from the back you know , in the terraced . |
| 9 | In the 1980s I raised quite a bit of money for Sainsbury 's charities . |
| 10 | I knew quite a bit about the war and the suffering of the peoples of Europe . |
| 11 | I knew quite a number of people who had gone into the Civil Service and it seemed a good thing to get into . ’ |
| 12 | To Phil he says : ‘ I saw quite a number of the men you 're doing when I was in London . |
| 13 | Oh , yes , Luke whatever you might say , I gathered quite a lot of hard facts from Elise 's diaries . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I acquired quite a taste for them in the States . ’ |
| 15 | I know I went quite a way down . |
| 16 | I learned quite a lot about hydroelectric power ! |
| 17 | ‘ Yes , ’ she acknowledged reluctantly , lifting her small chin so that her fine hair fell away from her face , ‘ I did quite a bit . ’ |
| 18 | I did quite a lot on that single bed machine , even intarsia and then I saw a double bed advertised for £15 . |
| 19 | And then of course I , I did quite a lot of children 's nursing then , er but also general nursing as well , a bit o a bi some midwifery and er mainly ge general nursing . |
| 20 | And er to me it presented a great opportunity , I I j I won quite a lot of books . |
| 21 | I earned quite a lot of money by showing my Lilliputian animals to people , and in the end I sold them for a high price . |
| 22 | I earned quite a lot of money though so Oh I was in a really good mood , I woke up this morning in a really good mood , so I kind of danced into work |
| 23 | ‘ Well , ’ said the young man modestly , ‘ I suppose I had quite a reputation . |
| 24 | In my dream I was overwhelmed by grief ; it woke me , and I had quite a difficulty in getting the horror out of my system . |
| 25 | Cos , in case there was a mistake and on one side and I , and I had quite a number of things accumulate in that way you know . |
| 26 | I did water-colours mostly but I 'd just started painting in oils and felt I had quite a talent for it , but they were n't very encouraging … |
| 27 | Then I suddenly found I had quite a lot of projects going on , working for Kenny Rogers and Jimmy Ruffin … |
| 28 | I drank quite a lot . |
| 29 | Oh , you got quite a variety of foods . |
| 30 | Well you got quite a lot out of being able to evaluate . |