Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] quite a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've been into this look for quite a while now , I know the rules . |
| 2 | And of course for quite a while we were from . |
| 3 | You see at Banbury School our governing body erm has expressed itself clearly as against the tertiary education proposals as they were first put forward , and I am very pleased to have heard during the debate that they 've been amended as a result of quite a lot as a result of the discussion that has gone on . |
| 4 | You want a piece with quite a bit of fat marbling the inside . |
| 5 | If you have any of these problems , you seriously need to consider extending your exercise capability by quite an amount . |
| 6 | It was noticeable that there was a willingness on the part of quite a number of voters to express as many preferences as there were candidates and the comment was sometimes made that while it was not too difficult to decide which candidates should be given first and early preferences and which candidates should be given last and later preferences it was less easy to decide the order of preference in which the middle range of candidates should be placed . |
| 7 | From everything she says , it 's clear this gilgul 's been on the scene for quite a while — there is no way she could have learned what she 's learned , cleaned up her act and become who she is now if the only time she 's had to do it in was the brief interval between our confrontation at the Mephistco stand and her appearance on the beach at Bournemouth . |
| 8 | ‘ If not , the whole scheme is likely to be put on hold for quite a while . ’ |
| 9 | The new school suffered from a degree of excess capacity for quite a number of years : by 1894 the average attendance was 109 , Miss Harris acting as assistant mistress ; she was shortly replaced by Benjamin 's daughter , Minnie Titford , and they were joined by Miss Maud Reading , the infants ' mistress , as the average attendance rose to a hundred and twenty . |
| 10 | tried to put them at our at the cost of our of the work for quite a while . |
| 11 | And provided work for quite a lot of men . |
| 12 | And er I was put up for the committee and was successful and sat on the committee for quite a number of years . |
| 13 | I 've been working in our infirmary for quite a while now , that is , when I 'm not having my ordinary lessons . |
| 14 | Which er I did eventually get on to and was a convenor for quite a number of years . |
| 15 | It was a sort of cabaret to the main business of the halt , which was the consumption of quite a lot of a bear which had incautiously come within bowshot of Hrun . |
| 16 | When he came home he was messing about on pavement for quite a while , I was , I thought somebody was trying to get in , you know |
| 17 | Delegates are still addressed as brother , sister , or comrade , but this year there are electronic signs in the hall giving the speaker 's name — as there have been at the Conservative conference for quite a while . |
| 18 | so he took some bread down and then popped up to the gate where they these were sort of quite a way a way , and Gemma said you wait there with Jane and I 'll invite those people to come up , you see and erm , I 've got ta be a bit cool , went to the table to put some bread there course it an awful and she |
| 19 | And it was sort of quite a thing when that was , went up , and ooh it was so awful they had some terrible things in this town did n't they ? |
| 20 | I do n't I thin I think there 's probably a lot lot less sexism just in terms of I think we 've won their respect by you know and and certainly when th they did n't want us to picket in the beginning , and then over the months really the women have done quite a lot of successful picketing when we 've been asked and and we 've staged quite big pickets quite a lot of you know the big pickets were really organized and the rallies have been organized by us and really sort of quite a lot of the input into into the strike I think has come from the women 's support group in in quite a unique way . |
| 21 | We stare at each other for quite a bit — me and this pigeon . |
| 22 | Besides , ’ added Penry with cunning strategy , ‘ if you turn me down we sha n't see each other for quite a while . |
| 23 | So I stood by the vice for quite a time and then I went to pick something up , turned round , told you , you do that you 'll do nothing else . |
| 24 | So there 's a reciprocal relationship with quite a number of schools in this area of a rather novel and to us extremely helpful and rewarding kind . |
| 25 | I sit on that bench for quite a while — till it starts getting dark . |
| 26 | And Mrs she was the laird for quite a while a while after the war . |
| 27 | The slow improvement will continue into the afternoon with the prospect of quite a bit of dry weather . |
| 28 | Yeah well I I had erm access to quite a lot of you know , quite good clothing , er both children 's and adult 's and erm while I did n't feel that it was that people should have to depend on someone else to give them clothing , erm in some ways it went against the grain to do it . |
| 29 | This type of sampling has given rise to quite a lot of criticism when used for political poll surveys . |
| 30 | Well er we did er furniture for quite a lot of the well known warehouses . |