Example sentences of "be [verb] quite a " in BNC.
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| 1 | His chief backer is Roy Hattersley , whom he has been seeing quite a bit lately . |
| 2 | ‘ I learned from her diary that she had been seeing quite a lot of — of a man . |
| 3 | I understand from Valerie — I 've been seeing quite a lot of Valerie , as I think she 's indicated — that you were visiting your husband today . |
| 4 | PLAYER : Between " just deserts " and " tragic irony " we are given quite a lot of scope for our particular talent . |
| 5 | By the way , this was the period when I could to a milk shop for a hape'orth of milk , but it 's not the halfpenny that people think now , cos the currency 's been altered quite a lot , it was very trifling , but it 's true . |
| 6 | Er this has been altered quite a lot since then , but you can still see the er gate that was er to the yard of the station . |
| 7 | ‘ Some people are booked quite a way in advance and others we do n't get a lot of notice of at all … |
| 8 | Perhaps the producer thought the gentleman had had enough media exposure for a while , as I was given to understand that he had been granted quite a bit of air time one way and another in the recent past . |
| 9 | At least ten birds have been sighted on the island this year , and they are causing quite a stir among ornithologists . |
| 10 | An explicit leaflet and poster for students sloganned ‘ take a course in safe sex ’ has been causing quite a furore . |
| 11 | Erm it is , but we 're l we 're seeing quite a lot about how brackets work in algebra . |
| 12 | You 're becoming quite a leading man in this crew , George Merry . |
| 13 | Er , we 're getting quite a few calls on that subject now , John from Erith , good morning to you John . |
| 14 | We get you 're getting quite a big celebrity on this programme people want to know you know whether they can come round and have a guided tour round the house and stuff |
| 15 | No well we 'll , look we 're getting quite , we 're getting quite a lot of erm attention . |
| 16 | They 're phasing quite a lot . ’ |
| 17 | Well , we 're on the second summer , just finishing now , and we 're having quite a lot of produce coming off the plots , and we 're hoping to start an orchard as well , just to keep it developing . |
| 18 | I mean , a lot , I can say with on the youths , I think were doing , were , were , were walking with young people at the local levels of various places in the town you know , we 've got , we have n't got as many resources as we want yet , but were still trying to do that , well I actually feel , on youth we 're doing quite a good job you know , expensive job you know , that we are , and , and all that concerns you raise , were certainly aware of . |
| 19 | ‘ We 're doing quite a lot of research in most of these areas — though of course we all agree we ought to do more . |
| 20 | Unscheduled Okay , this is er , it 's , it 's a diagnostic sheet if you find that you 're interrupted quite a lot over time , for you know , at a particular time , and you want to find out why you 're becoming less effective , you use this to log interruptions . |
| 21 | And they 're giving quite a lot back , and I , I know you only give it as a , as a guide , Mr Chairman , but two hundred and fifty pound , I would think that would have to be doubled . |
| 22 | and er they used to come to me and say how much does this man owe now and if he 'd been paying quite a bit next time he came in the shop they was all round him trying to persuade him to buy |
| 23 | And , of course , he 's so revered for this sleight-of-hand that he 's constructed a two and a half hour show to appeal mainly to his legions of cultish disciples who 've been waiting quite a few years for him to make sense again . |
| 24 | As a police officer , any woman who do decide to report a crime to us they are offered quite a lot of advise |
| 25 | ‘ The ferocity of the fire suggested it had been going quite a while before it was discovered . |
| 26 | She 's been getting quite a lot of in our jokes over a couple ha ! |
| 27 | Right some of our speakers are retires I I 've been retired quite a number of years , as you 'll have noticed I give the talk on income tax and I 'm a retired tax inspector . |
| 28 | Ten minutes before you might have been having quite a close conversation . ’ |
| 29 | Lately George has been doing quite a lot of libel , where there is also a jury to persuade and headlines to be had . |
| 30 | You 've been doing quite a bit with things that add up to ten have n't you and you 've been doing things like seven add three comes to ten and three add seven can you read my figures ? |