Example sentences of "we [vb base] quite a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 We , we sell quite a lot of Amnesty products , a lot , a lot of clothing in every
2 We know quite a bit about the historical context , the world in which both figures existed .
3 In the case of behaviour , we know quite a lot about what animals actually do , and about the anatomy and physiology of the brain , but only in the simplest cases can we explain the former in terms of the latter .
4 We know quite a lot about him as a son and a husband , but little about his feelings as a parent — he makes no reference in his surviving letters to the deaths of four of his children .
5 First , as will be explained in the next chapter , we are not yet sure exactly which theory successfully combines general relativity and quantum mechanics , though we know quite a lot about the form such a theory must have .
6 you put your glasses on to try and see , and you ca n't pluck the eyebrows because the glasses are in the way so we do quite a lot of eyebrow trimming , erm at salon .
7 we determine quite a lot of the quality of the carpet .
8 So you can see that we have quite a mixture of people in terms of our backgrounds professionally .
9 We have quite a job on our hands , how can we tackle it ? ’
10 In later letters to Hanns , John mentioned that ‘ we have quite a lot of black tarlatan , so if you could use it in your designs , do so ’ , as about £1 had been allowed for each costume and the tarlatan was free .
11 We have quite a lot of entertainments here .
12 We have quite a lot of it , I suspect . ’
13 Let's consider first of all the quantitative ground , erm and let's talk about one of the major transitions , one of the major origins about which we have some information , and that is the origin of the mammals from the reptiles. erm we have quite a lot of fossils erm erm from the permian up to the triassic erm of mammals and their reptilian ancestors , and we know pretty well what went on .
14 I think we have quite a task of public education .
15 He cites some of the outstanding performances in C&P — ‘ and we have quite a number to our credit .
16 We have quite a number of trees with Tree Preservation Orders on them , ’ he said , ‘ and ours is a very wide area where we could do with more wardens .
17 We see quite a number of black and Arab-looking students here , as well as some from the west and Latin America .
18 However , this doe snot apply so much to our other son , Robert , who is a private music teacher in Glasgow , so we see quite a lot of him and his wife and their baby son , who arrived just over a year ago , when we had given up hope of any more grandchildren .
19 We learn quite a lot with Mr Draper .
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