Example sentences of "i quite a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not only was this behaviour upsetting for anyone hearing it , but it gave my walking partner and I quite a scare . |
| 2 | I could do park parade tha , a girl was , er er anywa , I went in the factory and one of the girls says they were saying about a dance , says ooh I quite a few you ought to see him dance the park parade ! |
| 3 | It takes me quite a while to go through them cos I check every one careful like . |
| 4 | There 's a lot of traffic here and it takes me quite a bit to cross all the roads to get to where I want . |
| 5 | But the prison system — not particularly capital punishment — but the penal system as it is , and the whole apparatus of judgement , people deciding on other people 's fates … that does irritate , and upset me quite a lot . ’ |
| 6 | They did pressure me quite a lot about how I looked , but I never gave in to their attempts to convert me to pink ; I wanted to look different , and in the main I was quite happy with my image . |
| 7 | It has taken me quite a while to be able to do that . |
| 8 | ‘ My goodness , yes , you gave me quite a fright . ’ |
| 9 | It gives me quite a shock . |
| 10 | Once I had learnt to ride , the trick of balancing took me quite a while , that bike , over the next four years gave me enormous pleasure . |
| 11 | Of course I called her Mum , but it took me quite a little while to accept her as my mother . |
| 12 | Still , the thought gave me quite a jolt of pleasure . |
| 13 | It took me quite a while to rebuild my confidence . |
| 14 | I was missing the warmth of the people , although my two years in the ‘ east ’ gave me quite a lot of material which you will discover in the following pages . |
| 15 | But he bore no malice , and on the way back to the hotel gave me quite a run-down on his cousin Ena , who he said had once been Queen of Spain . |
| 16 | I knit with a Brother 830 and enjoy it very much , I also look forward to your magazine each month which helps me quite a lot . |
| 17 | It took me quite a few years to realize that my timing was terrible — the repercussions of being born then were enormous . |
| 18 | It gave me quite a thrill . |
| 19 | ‘ He gave me quite a stern lecture on the subject . |
| 20 | I used to go to him and say , ‘ Bill , please try and get them to do this ’ , and he did fight for me quite a lot , but it was an uphill struggle all the way . |
| 21 | It gave me quite a shock . |
| 22 | It took me quite a long time to get over it . |
| 23 | And I can remember one of my first patients I had to take blood from , and it took me quite a few goes on that poor lady but she 's still friends with me so she 's forgiven me . |
| 24 | To tell the truth , it took me quite a while to realize that the pitiable chirruping I heard all about me was , in fact , human speech . |
| 25 | It took me quite a long time . |
| 26 | It really gave me quite a fright . |
| 27 | You gave me quite a shock . ’ |
| 28 | Well , he sent me quite a series of postcards , and from them I was able to reconstruct a typical street corner . |
| 29 | She shuddered every now and then and pulled the coat lapel across her neck , although it seemed to me quite a warm day . |
| 30 | It took me quite a while to convince him that my being with you was because I was trying to persuade you to — ’ |