Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pers pn] [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've enjoyed it quite a lot . |
| 2 | ‘ What happened was Chester Thompson brought them all down , because he had met me about a year prior to that and we just corresponded . |
| 3 | He said it 's you know it 's it 's it 's not easily done but he 's seen them quite a lot . |
| 4 | a week and he has n't phoned me once a year |
| 5 | Lucy remonstrated , when Virginia had made them both a cup of tea and perched herself on the edge of Lucy 's bed . |
| 6 | Years at an English public school , punctuated by all-too-brief holidays in Italy , had made him almost a stranger within his family . |
| 7 | Over coffee back at the office I tried to pull myself together and sell him a traded option in copper which would , as it turned out , have made him quite a lot of money . |
| 8 | If we 'd seen it once a year that was often , |
| 9 | SUMMERCHILD : Well , I 've noticed it quite a lot these past few months . |
| 10 | ‘ I was watching that nun talking to you — it seems to have given you quite a turn . ’ |
| 11 | This book has given you quite a bit of practical advice — things to actually DO . |
| 12 | He 's had them quite a bit these last few days , they seem to come like that do n't they ? |
| 13 | Well we 've had it over a year , it 's probably had its natural life . |
| 14 | They seem to have got it together a bit more . |
| 15 | Look — I 've brought you both a present … ‘ |
| 16 | ‘ You 'd have thought your Brian could have found you somewhere a bit more comfortable , ’ interposed Mrs Harper , seeing her opportunity of introducing Brian to his disadvantage , ‘ he must know a few folk , it 's not only money that counts . … ’ |
| 17 | ‘ You must have brought him quite a way ? ’ |
| 18 | I guess that over the last six years television has given him only a quarter of her exposure . |
| 19 | They had in any case been considering asking me to remove her , as she had caused them quite a lot of trouble in one way and another . |
| 20 | Must have cost you quite a lot to buy them each a drink . |
| 21 | It must have cost her quite a bit too , taking on a man who looks like I look , his fat shoulders and heavy head tensed over the spectacle of her lost or twisted sisters . |
| 22 | Altogether this little girl has cost us quite a lot of money . |
| 23 | Eva said it had taken them nearly a month to get booked up . |
| 24 | After all , it may have taken them quite a lot of courage to criticize you in the first place . |
| 25 | I only live a few doors down the road from Derek and normally it would have taken me just a minute or two , but on this occasion it seemed to take ages . |
| 26 | It has taken me quite a while to be able to do that . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | It had been intended , purely and simply , as an insult , but it had come out with just a hint of that genuine curiosity that so unexpectedly had afflicted her just a moment before . |
| 29 | I had borrowed it about a week before . |
| 30 | Just keep it Well put it somewhere a bit safer than that . |