Example sentences of "i [verb] [verb] [adv] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I shall deal mainly with the latter subject , but I intend to spend just a few minutes on education . |
| 2 | Of course , if I 'd waited just a few months , I could have had anyone I liked . |
| 3 | ‘ I hope to meet quite a few of them , ’ she said yesterday . |
| 4 | I started to put together a little library and had to teach myself a lot more before I could teach anyone else . |
| 5 | Oh go on then , I keep saying just a small bit . |
| 6 | But I do get quite a few people phone me as you know asking for information . |
| 7 | Erm the imbalance is reflected in , in many ways but in one way is in traffic using the M twenty five , for example the Western section of the M twenty five from the M three , M four , M forty to the M one over the , the Western end where I live has approximately a hundred and sixty thousand vehicles a day which is e twice as many as the North Eastern side . |
| 8 | But all day he would n't talk to me , and I must admit , I did get quite a few looks and remarks from boys there . |
| 9 | ‘ Yes , I did have rather a bad night . ’ |
| 10 | I kept my fingers crossed figuratively during the first few months of our acquaintance that neither of us would be sent elsewhere on a permanent posting — permanent until demob , that is — because I had seen quite a few promising romances nipped in the bud by one or the other partner being whipped away by the unfeeling powers-that-be , and when a relationship is developing you do need a few weeks of togetherness to allow it to mature . |
| 11 | Everything of mine at that stage was still packed , but I had set aside a separate box for tea and coffee things so tea was easy to arrange . |
| 12 | I 've seen quite a few er in the so well you see we belong wi the Guild is fit into three tiers . |
| 13 | I 've done quite a few ads , the latest Marmite ad is mine and now I 've got the part in Brookside which is great , I 'm really enjoying it . |
| 14 | He said : ‘ I 've done quite a few police jobs and appeared in front of the Royal Family . |
| 15 | ‘ I 've met quite a few during the past five years , ’ he agreed smoothly . |
| 16 | I know down at Evans I 've noticed quite a few things in there , there are different |
| 17 | I 've read somewhere a long while ago , there was some sort of warning and I ca n't remember the details you know . |
| 18 | I mean the number of times , Alan , I 've read quite a few |
| 19 | I 've had rather a surprising piece of news , that 's all . ’ |
| 20 | I 've had rather a hard day — well , I 'm sure you can imagine . ’ |
| 21 | I 've had quite a few patients . |
| 22 | I 've had quite a few . |
| 23 | I 've I 've had quite a few nicknames . |
| 24 | ‘ I 've had quite an early start and I 'm feeling pretty tired , ’ she admitted . |
| 25 | I 've found rather a comfortable billet for you . ’ |
| 26 | No , well I 've meet quite a few since and they 're alright , they come and they go , but , I do n't know |
| 27 | I 've changed quite a few things |
| 28 | ‘ I 've tried quite a few times but mine are never any good . ’ |
| 29 | I 've used quite a few buckets of water washing walls . |
| 30 | ‘ I 've been thinking about it all the way back from your cottage and I believe I 've got just a tiny little bit of an idea . ’ |