Example sentences of "be quite a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Supplies went from famine to feast ; there will be quite a few copies washing around , ’ concluded John Hitchin . |
| 2 | Would be a , be quite a few calls , but we 'll just maybe have to try and I do n't know what we 'll do . |
| 3 | On the other hand , notes can be extremely useful for radio , particularly for long phone-ins where there may be quite a few questions which require detailed instructions in the answer . |
| 4 | There are going to be quite a few discharges but I mean it was you know |
| 5 | Yes Dan must be I would have thought it 's only months probably , but it might be quite a few months . |
| 6 | that I 'm w now , so what I suggest we do , is before we say we must make your premenstrual tension better with various manip various bits and bobs , and there are quite a few things we can do to help . |
| 7 | ‘ There are quite a few things about today I have n't liked , Mr Bryce . |
| 8 | ‘ And I suppose there are quite a few things I have n't done . |
| 9 | But there are quite a few contracts which are still temporary , most of them go to the end of June . |
| 10 | I mean I think that there still are quite a few areas that are off limits for women , but in those areas where women have gained admittance , have they gained acceptance ? |
| 11 | There are quite a few hymns which take up this notion of Jesus bearing my sin as a substitute . |
| 12 | There are quite a few Americans who go on talk shows and simply give a performance . |
| 13 | there are quite a few lines in which B is clearly a continuation of A , or a going-beyond A in force or specificity . |
| 14 | Seems there are quite a few singers in New York already . ’ |
| 15 | Says 15-year-old David Stokes : ‘ There are quite a few boys who just have to have a girlfriend , but it 's not what we all feel . |
| 16 | Well obviously one would like to make money rather than lose money erm I mean there 's the there are quite a few factors why erm Virgin er lost money last year er first of all you know we had er the very well publicized er dirty tricks campaign being waged against us . |
| 17 | There are quite a few ingredients in this recipe , but it is very easy to make . |
| 18 | ‘ There are quite a few islands around here . |
| 19 | There are quite a few children in here , let's have some choruses . |
| 20 | There are quite a few spiders in our attic … |
| 21 | There are quite a few situations where it is normal for the tonic syllable to come earlier in the tone-unit . |
| 22 | Jackie concluded : ‘ Jasper certainly was n't born with a silver spoon in his mouth , but there are quite a few occasions when he needs one now — of the sugar variety , of course ! ’ |
| 23 | There are quite a few phormiums dotted around this part of the garden , their arching , spiky leaves becoming increasingly popular , but not all varieties are fully hardy so some are planted in pots to be moved into the greenhouse to overwinter . |
| 24 | Now that many good leasehold titles are quite a few years old , however , this might well be the time to apply to the Registry to convert a good leasehold to an absolute title . |
| 25 | Bismarck was ‘ unwell ’ and the French emissary was reduced to seeking an interview with First Secretary Thile , who pretended to be totally ignorant of the whole business , which was a flagrant lie , and who said : ‘ In any case there are quite a few Princes … which one is it ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ There have been quite a few calls from readers … |
| 27 | There have been quite a few changes in the Magazine Team over the past year . |
| 28 | Not , not a lot at the moment , I do n't think , erm , the end of July erm there was eight hundred and something , but there 's been quite a few bills that have come out of it although that does n't include the two receipts that Maisie has just given me which is about a hundred and eighty , so that 's nearly another two hundred in , but we 're alright , we 're . |
| 29 | ‘ The public should be left in no doubt that if it was n't for the police patrol there would have been quite a few fatalities . |
| 30 | You know , we 'll so we 've been quite a few times since , but I can not think of the name of it . |