Example sentences of "[be] in quite " in BNC.
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| 1 | [ Under the Italian dual-control tradition ] when everything goes of its own accord , I am in quite another world . |
| 2 | But the trend in the motor industry at large has been in quite the opposite direction to the Chapman philosophy ; cars have not become lighter over the years but noticeably heavier and more complex . |
| 3 | Mid-June finds you thinking of changing your place of residence and by July you 're going to be happier than you have been in quite some time ! |
| 4 | I 'm not very good at them Mum gave me that one it 's been in quite good condition but |
| 5 | I mean I 've been in quite a bad mood this week actually but it 's really , like you know standing up for myself cos anyone that 's rude to me now gets it right back in their face . |
| 6 | But you are in quite a good position now . |
| 7 | Ideally , walls on halls , corridors and staircases ( if any ) should be decorated with the same colour or treatment unless they are in quite different parts of the home and can not be seen , one from another . |
| 8 | We are in quite a mess to say the least . ’ |
| 9 | So I think that er we are in quite a strong position . |
| 10 | No , it was a piece I am very fond of and it happened to be in quite a few programmes at that time . |
| 11 | Inevitably that will not be the case ; areas and individual schools within areas will be in quite different positions with regard to their staffing . |
| 12 | Miss Cox said : ‘ There were quite fit and well , and were in quite good spirits on the flight , where a lot of family reunions took place . ’ |
| 13 | Er use of slang erm often comes into these , er these things , the , the sort of well footage er referring to the video is n't such a bad one because it 's , it 's in quite common use , but an awful lot of slang words , erm that people introduce er maybe I 'll come across some in a moment . |
| 14 | ‘ Georgina 's in quite a state , underneath the armour-plated shell . |
| 15 | The place which now bears its name is in quite another part of town and is run by men who did n't even know Madame . |
| 16 | Therefore a fourteen-year-old teenage mother who is at school is in quite a different situation from a nineteen-year-old who may be working and married , and her pregnancy is usually viewed quite differently too . |
| 17 | The seal is in quite decent condition considering the appalling soil it had been buried in . |
| 18 | Is there anything else that I can do for her cos she says she is in quite a lot of discomfort at the moment . |
| 19 | But the house is in quite good order , it has been extended . |
| 20 | The carcass , unfortunately , was in quite an advanced state of decomposition by the time we got to it , so we could not look at the detailed histology ( cell structure ) of the internal organs or the central nervous system . |
| 21 | ‘ I know , but she phoned for her results — she was surprised to get me , she seemed to have hoped you 'd be waiting by the phone — and when I told them you 'd gone , her mother took the phone and was in quite a tizz and had a word with Mr Fry and then said they 'd get the next plane home . |
| 22 | Even this was in quite a congested area and from 25 October 1944 , the cars carried on , out of service to the Coombe Road crossover and reversed there . |
| 23 | While she — she was in quite a bargaining position . |
| 24 | Jacqui was in quite a state . |
| 25 | Not that she was in quite so much awe of the Larks since Sir Felix had failed to marry Gemma . |
| 26 | He took her arm firmly and Jenna was in quite a dilemma . |
| 27 | Its waist was in quite the wrong place about her midriff , instead of under the semi-exposed bosom where Rose Alderley 's muslin petticoats began their graceful fall to the ground . |
| 28 | ‘ He went upstairs to see some rat holes … they certainly were enormous — and discovered that the room in which the food of the Gods was mixed … was in quite a disgraceful order . ’ |
| 29 | and it was in quite a big space , I could off got in behind him and then changed if I 'd reversed in but when I saw this other chap sat in his car and then he indicated he wanted to pull out , so I let him go |