Example sentences of "have been quite a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That would 've been quite a drive for you all the way to London . |
| 2 | The big push would be diplomatic propaganda screwing the pound sterling on the money markets … mugging the Mother of Parliaments would 've been quite a job . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ This has been quite a shock — for both of us — and Jenna does not look at all well . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ There has been quite a bit of hype and I do n't think the film lived up to it . ’ |
| 5 | There has been quite a bit of litigation in the United States in which taxpayers have sought to challenge some use to which taxes have been put . |
| 6 | Dr Anne Dew , who is organising the vigil at Dryburn hospital , Durham , said : ‘ There has been quite a bit of support for the vigil from staff in all areas of work at the hospital . |
| 7 | There has been quite a bit of inflation since then but even then six million dollars was not a lot . |
| 8 | Chalmers 's form has been quite a contrast to last season , when he was often indecisive in his play and tended to look for gaps which rarely existed before passing or kicking . |
| 9 | The World squad matches in New Zealand were great and I felt in fine fettle there but after injury in Australia it has been quite a struggle . |
| 10 | Claiming SCI is five times faster than Futurebus+ , Dolphin marketing director Lars Lauritzsen says ‘ Futurebus+ has been quite a disappointment … for us the questions it set to answer remain unsolved ’ . |
| 11 | Unveiling the 28th edition , associate editor Alison Holding said : ‘ The recession has been quite a leveller . |
| 12 | Midland chief executive Brian Pearse admitted : ‘ There has been quite a lot of conjecture about a merger with another leading clearing bank in the United Kingdom . |
| 13 | There has been quite a lot of trouble with 7.50 x 16 Avon Rangemaster with the steel tyre cords breaking through the tyre to puncture the tubes , but we have not come across this with the Avon Ranger . |
| 14 | ‘ There has been quite a lot of interest , ’ said a spokeswoman . |
| 15 | There has been quite a lot of speculation on the matter in professional circles . ’ |
| 16 | There has been quite a lot of talk recently about adding enzymes to help the carp digest our sophisticated carp baits . |
| 17 | That has been quite a lot of money er spent in that area and which I 'm quite happy to talk to you about erm I do n't need . |
| 18 | So on the royal dockyard there has been quite a number ah , of rumours circulating this conference this morning , there has also been on the television and the radio , statements by one Gordon . |
| 19 | Ryan O'Neal 's son , Griffin , has also related tales of violent encounters with his dad , saying , ‘ There has been quite an exchange between me and my dad — literally . |
| 20 | It has been quite an eye-opener for us . |
| 21 | At this end of the village the night had been quiet , but in the Untouchable quarter to the west , there 'd been quite a kerfuffle . |
| 22 | And there 'd been quite a number there , obviously in that burns unit , who were suffering from the same type of er injury . |
| 23 | She had not had as many men as Karen gave her credit for , there was an element of blarney in all that , but there 'd been quite a number , had n't there ? |
| 24 | Well that must have been quite a mess . |
| 25 | Our press date prevents us giving details of this run but it must have been quite a spectacle if it went ahead as reported , and would have provided a fitting finale to an outstanding season of operations . |
| 26 | It must have been quite a spectacle though when the first combine came |
| 27 | It must have been quite a crash . |
| 28 | So there w would have been quite a tradition of music as well . |
| 29 | is very clever to have got his weight down , and an 11-mile orienteering course at Silverdale must have been quite a testing expedition . |
| 30 | She 'd been writing for the NME , about David Cassidy and things like that but it must have been quite a struggle to get by . |