Example sentences of "[pers pn] quite a [noun sg] " 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 | ‘ He seemed to consider you quite a threat . |
| 3 | ‘ I was watching that nun talking to you — it seems to have given you quite a turn . ’ |
| 4 | This book has given you quite a bit of practical advice — things to actually DO . |
| 5 | So do you find that does that help you quite a bit or |
| 6 | So once you get towards , take a clock in , make sure you pace yourself , and say at the end of that just put in a sort of sentence to make it look as if it 's been finished off Erm , what I usually do when I do an exam is I spend the first five minutes actually looking at the questions because initially you look for the ones that you 've revised and you see but there may be others there , there 're you can do in a slightly different way than the way that they first appear and that might help you quite a bit , although there are no trick questions in this . |
| 7 | Ten minutes spent in this way could well save you quite a lot of time in the long run . |
| 8 | Some food names tell you quite a lot about what 's in the food , provided you know a lot about food law ! |
| 9 | This is why it does throw you quite a lot if another actor forgets his move , because it churns up in your brain the sequences you 've worked out and are expecting . ‘ |
| 10 | It 's just that your father and I … well , we thought he was a very pleasant young man , and he seemed to like you quite a lot . ’ |
| 11 | But his interests appear to remain firmly with the purchasers ' ‘ needs ’ — and pockets — as he advises : ‘ If you want to buy a girl from one of the escort firms it will cost you quite a lot . |
| 12 | Well it it tells you quite a lot , but it does n't actually mention that bit . |
| 13 | Must have cost you quite a lot to buy them each a drink . |
| 14 | What comes to light around the 4th , 10th and 15th may give you quite a jolt . |
| 15 | ‘ It gave her quite a shock , ’ said Bob Murray , managing director of the International Freight firm in Small Heath , Birmingham , where Carolyn has worked for three years . |
| 16 | But it took her it used to take her quite a while I suppose it would take couple of hours to make a bonny wreath would it . |
| 17 | He 's been going with her quite a while , though has he ? |
| 18 | But you did give her quite a blow . |
| 19 | On that first visit he told her quite a bit about himself . |
| 20 | It must have cost her quite a bit too , taking on a man who looks like I look , his fat shoulders and heavy head tensed over the spectacle of her lost or twisted sisters . |
| 21 | I did resent her quite a lot for what she did but it gave way after a few months . |
| 22 | ‘ You must have brought him quite a way ? ’ |
| 23 | Gervaise knew of his existence before he died , and although he was n't able to acknowledge his son , he left him quite a fortune . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I 'd worked with him about four years ago and helped him quite a bit . |
| 25 | I spoke to him quite a bit you know . |
| 26 | Over coffee back at the office I tried to pull myself together and sell him a traded option in copper which would , as it turned out , have made him quite a lot of money . |
| 27 | ‘ Annie 's been chatting to him quite a lot , lately . |
| 28 | She admitted then she might have liked him quite a lot . |
| 29 | ‘ I like him quite a lot . ’ |
| 30 | Erm but dad visits him quite a lot . |