Example sentences of "get quite a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 She 's got quite a belly , my Auntie Muriel .
2 We 've got quite a mixture .
3 Jesus has been travelling around and has got quite a reputation from his preaching and healing exploits .
4 Nobody ever told him where to draw the line , and he 's not as innocent as he looks — he 's got quite a reputation for wildness . ‘
5 And I mean the actual the U K market those in those areas is quite developed and has got quite a reputation but obviously it has got to be able to develop develop and adapt accordingly over time .
6 I hear he 's got quite a reputation .
7 It 's also got quite a history .
8 ‘ They must have got quite a shock seeing a 4lb 6oz bird sunning itself on the garden wall , ’ said Gary .
9 ‘ We 've got quite a haul .
10 I 've got quite a bit at home .
11 I waited an hour for you to come , and , from the look of it , I 've got quite a bit to catch up on .
12 I think this has got quite a bit of vodka in it . ’
13 Oh yeah , you 've got quite a bit of time , number seven .
14 So we 've got quite a bit off this one
15 They are a I mean , quite honestly these courses are these things erm they 're not gon na do them you know , they 're not just sort of fairy things you 've got quite a bit of erm thinking to do and and so on and they 're pretty exhausting !
16 I 've got quite a bit of responsibility to do .
17 suppose they 've still got quite a bit of own a lot of put plants up there and there .
18 And we 've got quite a bit well either that or we could watch the programme and then wash up , clear up and go to bed .
19 Yeah I mean we , we 've got quite a bit of a follow on down in er the Lewisham area
20 But the sad thing is , he 's got he 's got quite a bit of brain , ai n't he , to come out , you know , little things like , although they 're rude , he 's obviously aware , but he 's wasting it all , ai n't he ?
21 ‘ He 's got quite a temper , has n't he ?
22 Philip 's got quite a way to go yet before he can beat me . ’
23 I 've got quite a drive tonight . ’
24 We 've got quite a variety here have n't we ?
25 you could n't do it , but he had every opportunity the other , the twin did to get through you know and he passed his City and Guilds , but Peter 's got on alright , the other son who 's got the factory , he 's , he 's busy got an electrical panels and all that he does , you know , he 's quite good and my other son he works , he used to work at Burnt Mill , and he now has moved to erm er Stansted , he works at Stansted he works in the big food depot , that used to be years ago and he works there , he 's been there ever since he left school , since except two , two years he had in the army you know for the conscription , but he 's been there erm ever since he was fourteen and he 's now about oh , forty something now he is , I 'm not quite sure of their ages , I get muddled up I 've got , eight , eight sons altogether , so , I 've got quite a family dear .
26 And what with Swindon chasing promotion and Gloucester playing in the cup semi-final we 've got quite a week ahead but the biggest crowd will be on the banks of the River Thames for the boat race .
27 He 's got quite a job has n't he ?
28 He said , ‘ Yes , as you know , she died young , but I 've got quite a number of her works ’ .
29 Nathan you 've got quite a number of points .
30 We 've got quite a number in Sussex , have n't we ?
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