Example sentences of "[be] quite an " in BNC.
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| 1 | On having ideals , like as you grow older , I mean you 're quite an ancient person already , within the next ten years you 'll have to choose the sort of lifestyle you want and you really have to choose as well whether you 're going to involve other people in it for good or for |
| 2 | For a Tyrian you 're quite an interesting person . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ You 're quite an eye-stopper yourself … |
| 4 | I say , Miguel , you 're quite an important chap around here . |
| 5 | Well you 're quite an experienced gardener , it seems to me Ben ! |
| 6 | I 'm quite an artistic person ; in retrospect , I think perhaps I should have risen to the challenge and maybe applied to do a language , because I really enjoy literature and languages in my spare time . |
| 7 | I 'm quite an independent person , but I was quite insecure , I needed someone to say this is good , this is bad , and because he was doing that it gave me the determination I needed . |
| 8 | It will probably be quite an eye-opener for him ! |
| 9 | She might imagine that to be quite an achievement . |
| 10 | Or why is it that five men , brothers , can all be from the same womb , with the same father too , peas in the same pod ( if you prefer that expression ) yet can each be quite an individualist in all things , from habits to politics ? |
| 11 | That has to be quite an achievement . ’ |
| 12 | Golf in the British Isles can be quite an unpleasant experience in the dead of winter . |
| 13 | To get a good working sketch in colour would be quite an achievement and a good illustration of the potential of the Kurecolor KC-1100 Markers . |
| 14 | He ought to be quite an interesting young man . ’ |
| 15 | To lighten what can be quite an anxiety provoking experience , it is sometimes helpful to ask the client to role play a particular situation , but to do it at first , extremely badly . |
| 16 | It would be quite an easy job ; it only involved erecting another partition , cleaning the floorboards and re-glazing the window . |
| 17 | Although this self-regulatory mechanism sounds as if it might be quite an effective constraint on the exercise of discretion by sentencers , in practice it is subject to a number of serious limitations . |
| 18 | Then k could be quite an elaborate function of C , such as |
| 19 | So actually quite a few factors , what actually goes there the flats could be quite an important factor for the area . |
| 20 | That 'd be quite an achievement really . |
| 21 | Still , he was very good-looking and not being dressed as a clergyman might be quite an asset to their party . |
| 22 | ‘ What I considered to be quite an insignificant idea at first has now become a viable business for me . ’ |
| 23 | In January , Chris Benstead , a freelance percussionist , who has already run a very successful with our trainers , will be with us all day , both to accompany a class ( which I can promise you will be quite an experience ) and to run practical workshops . |
| 24 | At that rate of going they need only scrape 26 points from 17 games which SHOULD be quite an easy task . |
| 25 | Tcket prices are going up 3 pounds for leeds fans ( from 7 to 10 for terraces ) but only 2 pounds for the home fans ( who have some special card apparently ) Could turn out to be quite an expensive trip … |
| 26 | There seems to be quite an increase over the year , erm , virtually double . |
| 27 | But there will as I my honourable friend knows , there will be quite an argument when we see the prospectus and I have n't had the priv the privilege of seeing it erm although I 've had the opportunity to discuss er its contents with th with the er chairman of the P I A er er and the Chief Executive . |
| 28 | Erm , i there 's y'know construct architecture as any other form of er communication that must be quite an interesting thing to do . |
| 29 | Then he said , ‘ It would be quite an achievement to have both Peter and myself paying court to you . |
| 30 | With a sigh , she said , ‘ I 'd better get back and fill out an accident report — I would imagine there will be quite an enquiry into this one . ’ |