Example sentences of "quite a few [noun pl] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And there were quite a few members had started coming from up the lane and some of the people . |
| 2 | Quite a few advisers had ten enquiries but most averaged around four . |
| 3 | However , quite a few teachers took an interest in what I was trying to do , especially the biology teachers , who were impressed with my knowledge of birds and conservation , and my English teachers , who soon heard all about my interest because whenever we had to give a talk in class , I would launch into a full lecture on rearing and handling owls and other birds of prey . |
| 4 | Quite a few Girls went into variety acts , sometimes forming their own . |
| 5 | Quite a few mothers nipped their daughters ' dancing careers in the bud . |
| 6 | The response was excellent ; quite a few regionals published the recipe itself and two or three of the writers on the nationals featured that vegetable in their own favourite recipes . |
| 7 | By what were to be the last years of the silent cinema quite a few critics had become aware of some sense of life in the feature film . |
| 8 | There was quite a few schools used it . |