Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] quite " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were some quite sharp interchanges which unfortunately are still there in the literature and I fear are not doing an awful lot of good . |
| 2 | These typical judgements against dwindling authority formed part of a wider fabric of anxiety in this era , and there were some quite delirious fears in circulation about a supposed deterioration — both physical and moral — among the British people which was believed to be producing new and unprecedented forms of violence and depravity . |
| 3 | Yeah , well take er there were some good patches in the you know , there were some quite decent houses and some very nice people . |
| 4 | There were some quite nasty-looking cuts on his head , and the sergeant was a bit apprehensive about turning him over . |
| 5 | Lipman was a lawyer and an agent at CMA who were our booking agents , and we were all quite friendly . |
| 6 | It was really extremely hazardous , and as we stood there peering vainly into the blanket of fog it did cross my mind that we were all quite crazy . |
| 7 | They were all quite normal hollow pieces of graphite tube . |
| 8 | You were all quite comfortable with that . |
| 9 | They were all quite comfortable in their evening club , the Family Planning Clinic . |
| 10 | It was a day to remember ; we were all quite taken by Fair Isle and I took the opportunity to dig out a few facts and figures about this remote island . |
| 11 | But they were all quite delightful fellows about the same age as most of the airmen pupils , and we seemed to fit in very well with each other ; although most of us had spent several years in the RAF the acting pilot officers had only spent , say , a couple of months . |
| 12 | We had er we were all quite good friends and quite good company you know . |
| 13 | He , he er yes , he I mean they were all quite helpful . |
| 14 | ‘ From what we have been told they were stuck quite deep into the mud or soft sand . ’ |
| 15 | For most of the game they were able quite comfortably to hold the Norwich front line . |
| 16 | For most of the game they were able quite comfortably to hold the Norwich front line . |
| 17 | I ache a bit — there were two quite long pitches to climb down , and getting back up is always harder ! ’ |
| 18 | Wh how far , was that quite near ? |
| 19 | Was that quite a kind of regular thing ? |
| 20 | Was that quite normal at the time ? |
| 21 | Now , now you were saying before your father er was unemployed quite a lot of the time during your childhood erm did he actually get any Unemployment Benefit while he was on the dole ? |
| 22 | One was to paint the roofs of LA big armaments plants to look like suburban gardens ( for fear of Japanese bombing ) ; the other was this quite extraordinary piece of cartoon propaganda . |
| 23 | Oh was this quite a usual thing for |
| 24 | And was this quite a well paid job ? |
| 25 | Was this quite a common thing for the lads in the to do things like this ? |
| 26 | Wait a minute : was this quite what it seemed ? |
| 27 | Mm was this quite often during the year , or was it just the once ? |
| 28 | When we was about fourteen in the fourth year at school , there was this quite chubby bloke he 'd have a towel just there while you shower . |
| 29 | Probably there was some quite innocent explanation , which Roger Kenyon would give her when she returned the wallet — if , indeed , it were his . |
| 30 | It seemed to me that there was some quite palpable fear , some terror , almost , loose amongst them . ’ |