Example sentences of "in quite a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , she 's very keen , so she 's coming in quite a bit erm , over the first half term and she hopes that 'll continue during the year , not particularly with just the year eight people but maybe get other people to involve themselves as well . |
| 2 | Jacqui was in quite a state . |
| 3 | ‘ Georgina 's in quite a state , underneath the armour-plated shell . |
| 4 | While she — she was in quite a bargaining position . |
| 5 | We are in quite a mess to say the least . ’ |
| 6 | and I thought , it came out erm , incorrect pin number , please remove your card , I thought at least I 'm getting it back you know so I whipped it out , I said to mum , I 'm gon na have to pay for this with a cheque , I said , I ca n't get the cash out , and she , she said why , and I said I , I forgotten my number , I was getting in quite a panic cos I knew I did n't have it written down anywhere at home . |
| 7 | It is unlikely that we shall come up with a mechanical formula — in quite a number of cases , judgments will be necessary ; but I would be surprised if the guiding principles did not lead to pretty definite answers in the majority of cases . |
| 8 | And if in fact we have n't got anything and we 've advertised in the Yellow Pages , Evening Press , we 've advertised in in quite a number of other er bridal magazines , but have we got information as to the the the benefits derived from each one of those ? |
| 9 | We do n't name him but whoever is in a particular spot should be responsible for a certain area , which in in fundamentally it is done that in quite a number of instances but I mean one thing that springs to mind is that a lady shall clear the ladies toilets . |
| 10 | ‘ You seem to have become engaged in quite a hurry . ’ |
| 11 | He took her arm firmly and Jenna was in quite a dilemma . |
| 12 | ‘ I know , but she phoned for her results — she was surprised to get me , she seemed to have hoped you 'd be waiting by the phone — and when I told them you 'd gone , her mother took the phone and was in quite a tizz and had a word with Mr Fry and then said they 'd get the next plane home . |
| 13 | This comes in quite a lot . |
| 14 | In the slide in which I showed the overall results it appears that about half the patients , the erm marker tumour had been eradicated and in quite a lot of patients there were tumours present . |
| 15 | Coordination at its highest , when we develop it , we say we 've developed skills , and if you 've done that can you see you acquired skills in quite a lot of situations , and again that 's an area where you 'll get a great deal of satisfaction . |
| 16 | Is there anything else that I can do for her cos she says she is in quite a lot of discomfort at the moment . |
| 17 | Yes I suppose it 's true that for somebody like me I 've been involved in quite a lot of different groups over over the years and the quarry men 's support group is it 's difficult to put in words really er exactly how it 's erm you know I think it 's very easy f for groups to become sort of s set really and er well I 've always wanted it to involve everybody and I think it does that in a way it sort of er it 's quite special to all of us in in a funny sort of way it 's er you know we feel quite committed . |
| 18 | I therefore have a fair amount experience of this region and also erm I have been involved in quite a lot of erm estimates of housing provision over the years . |
| 19 | In quite a lot of professional academic writing , the various systems are mixed together , despite the fact that most journals seek to adopt a consistent policy and insist on receiving manuscripts which follow a specified system . |
| 20 | It 's , it 's by actually looking at , well I , in Bill and Kevin 's appraisal I actually tackled it through their appraisal because we discussed , in quite a lot of depth , erm what their workload and ways in which they could change their workload |
| 21 | The Examination Council came into being some erm nine months ago and has already been involved in quite a lot of activity , I mean particularly the erm problem of sixteen-plus examining , whether we should move from a system of erm O-levels and C S E , or to a combined system , Sixteen-plus Examination it would probably be called . |