Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] quite a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | really a continuous , strongish wind to blow in one direction for quite a few hours . |
| 2 | I mean to our children , although they 've been away from Butchwana for quite a few years now it 's still home |
| 3 | you can get th I 've seen people spend sort of quite a few minutes going round in circles and give up on that when they 're nearly at the answer . |
| 4 | And you t you 'll find sort of quite a few examples of products erm |
| 5 | Like — the other day I was involved in this drama group with quite a few tutors . |
| 6 | I 've been a carer for quite a few years now , until recently , when my grandmother died . |
| 7 | Done quite a wee bit and I 've been there at a few of their , quite a few of their meetings and erm a good friend of quite a few of the councils . |
| 8 | ‘ I have played the organ at quite a few weddings but this is one that stood out . |
| 9 | ‘ I have played the organ at quite a few weddings but this is one that stood out . |
| 10 | At Debenham there was a lot of extra curricular activities on offer like inter house competitions , Sports days , I took part in quite a few activities like Sports days , assemblies and some of the interhouse competitions like design a Christmas card and basket ball , I also went to a club on Friday lunch times . |
| 11 | In hard rock the edge soon became dull , and the drilling of one sufficient hole could require the use of quite a few of these drills which had to be carried by the miner to his place of work , even though that might entail climbing hundreds of feet of pit ladder . |
| 12 | Pauline Dungate has been working in the church for quite a few years , and she knows the man who lives in the cemetery from time to time . |
| 13 | I think I 've sat is those auditorium seats in the same format for quite a few years now . |
| 14 | Right erm now that 's understandable er even , even members who get stuff posted directly such as , you know , we 've had a direct mailing system for quite a few years now , when you meet them you say what about I do n't know what you 're talking about ? |
| 15 | Erm yeah , we had a nodding acquaintance with quite a few of them , and I think they they were aware of who we were . |
| 16 | ‘ That 's another thing , ’ Candy continued , far too old a hand at the game to be distracted by such a blatant bid to change the subject , ‘ I 've seen him deep in conversation with quite a few people in the club recently . ’ |