Example sentences of "have quite a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've I 've had quite a few nicknames . |
| 2 | She sweetly punctuated every pause with ‘ Actually , we have had quite a few calls saying the same thing , ’ and ‘ Actually , I must say , I do rather agree with you . ’ |
| 3 | The kind of boat fishing at sea that I 've always done has had quite a few fathoms below the boat , but here the water was clear and only a few feet deep , we were certainly less than one hundred yards offshore . |
| 4 | I 've had quite a few patients . |
| 5 | We have had quite a few trainees , youth trainees in garden centres , and golf courses , which surprised me , but golf courses apparently could use quite a lot of people . |
| 6 | Er but I used to tell people and they you know people near me that had a lot of children and er they 'd moan and groan about it , I heard one woman say erm , she 'd had quite a few children and I I 'd been in hospital and I said er , er a certain person that 'd had a baby had lost it . |
| 7 | And I think she intends on having quite a few drinks . |
| 8 | So what is it did you used to have more f er was it okay at first I mean you used to have quite a few friends when you first move in ? |
| 9 | And we 've quite a few bits and bobs of furnishing that your mother might find useful . |
| 10 | She also had quite a few things two small Picassos and a picture by Robert Delaunay called ‘ The window ’ that Taírov was given when they were in Paris on tour together , and a very fine Yakulov . |
| 11 | At first I did n't mind doing it , but after two months I found out he had quite a few women . |
| 12 | ‘ My husband lived practically next door to a children 's home when he was young and had quite a few friends in there , ’ said Jackie . |
| 13 | We had quite a few visitors over the next few days and Amin , particularly , was very encouraging . |
| 14 | When it was Spencer 's turn he found that although he had quite a few hours in his ‘ Fury , the Spit was a harder aeroplane to fly . |
| 15 | We then had quite a few chances before Norwich scored on a rare break with 11 mins left . |
| 16 | I worked at City Motors and I stayed there for seven years I had quite a few jobs before that but I liked that one . |
| 17 | Uncle was always wanting to have that tail cut shorter and we had quite a few battles about it , but I won and Prince kept his long tail . |
| 18 | ‘ She knew a lot of people , probably had quite a few lovers , but I think she was short on real friends . |
| 19 | But er , they had quite a few computers there , and I said to Ray find out how much the computers are . |
| 20 | next week , but Ruxley had quite a few seeds out and erm , Nana was gon na buy some and then she said er , she , she 'll leave it , she 'll go down to Pole Hill first cos they said they 'll be out |
| 21 | She had quite a few gadgets . |
| 22 | They have quite a few biscuits for snacks although that 's probably just as bad as eating sweets — even the reduced-sugar teething rusks I give Jake taste quite sweet . |
| 23 | I have quite a few contacts — people who knew me when I was designing for Carnega — and they have been very encouraging . |
| 24 | , and in the machine or something , I had you know , I never know , you have quite a few words which are n't any French or . |
| 25 | Er they tend to be more sophisticated and slimmer and nice looking , but we have quite a few craftsmen around now , no blacksmiths as such , but even in the old days er you had rather cheaper versions made with wooden handles and just a nice piece of light Tinwooey bent over to form the board , the mould board and that . |