Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] quite a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Ascension Day is always on a weekday , the passers-by on their way to work are able to enjoy the singing which , as the church itself is on very high ground , can be heard for quite a distance . |
| 2 | ‘ She 's really come on quite a lot this season with the help of Alison Midsummer , ’ said Dolly 's mother with modest pride . |
| 3 | Fortunately it was a price she could afford , and she had made the arrangements , coming back to her room to eat the best meal and sleep the best sleep she had done for quite a while . |
| 4 | At Peking we were met by quite a delegation of people , and sat down at the airport for some formal introductions and speeches . |
| 5 | Well they were bubbling this morning , I think mainly because of Saturday , when it r we were reall the whole club was lifted through Saturday afternoon because something was shown that erm has n't been shown for quite a while here . |
| 6 | Well they were bubbling this morning , I think mainly because of Saturday , when it r we were reall the whole club was lifted through Saturday afternoon because something was shown that erm has n't been shown for quite a while here . |
| 7 | Got through quite a bit yesterday did n't we ? |
| 8 | I divided some of those files into sub-files and we have got rid of quite a bit of it now so you need n't be frightened of coming back to week-end working . |
| 9 | Yeah , as you as you heat up the water the gases boil out of it , so if wanted to get rid of the chlorine in your water , boiling it gets rid of quite a lot , it forces the chlorine t to boil out . |
| 10 | But it 'd save a lot of hard work if you got rid of quite a lot of it . |
| 11 | I got taken outside , thrown in a car and squashed between two men and driven for quite a while . |
| 12 | Control of the existing social machinery counted for quite a lot in this battle ; the reformers forced some concessions but failed to topple the existing hierarchy . |
| 13 | She said that she knew about it and that she had known for quite a while . |
| 14 | An idea used by both a leading paint manufacturer on the introduction of a new type of paint and a hair product manufacturer on the launch of a new shampoo and which could be adapted to quite a number of other fields was based on the headline " Do n't write about it until you 've tried it . " |
| 15 | ‘ They have n't been involved for quite a while so you could n't really expect them to be picked , ’ said Thorstvedt , who is likely to be Norway 's last line of defence on October 14 . |
| 16 | I had worked there , and that was when I was sixty five , so I 'd worked there all my working life , apart from the , the war years and had served under quite a number of people really . |
| 17 | She appeared to have gone to quite a lot of trouble over the meal , Although , at that time , rationing was still in force , she produced pâté , a savoury mince , a surprisingly light lemon soufflé and a passable bottle of claret . |
| 18 | I mention this variety of rites , which are in process of preparation , because the main route whereby people are introduced to and grow in the light of the church , baptism as infants , confirmation in early teens , leading to faithful communicant life , that route is no longer followed by quite a number in our fellowship . |
| 19 | But before he cruised to his unbeaten 85 which sealed this victory with more than 11 overs to spare , he was put through quite an ordeal by the pumped-up Waqar . |
| 20 | ‘ You seem to have become engaged in quite a hurry . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ We 'd been talking about getting married for quite a while , ’ said Nicky . |
| 22 | The worry of monetary problems , marketing uncertainties , the weather , etc. , all contributed to the mental fatigue mentioned by quite a number . |