Example sentences of "was quite an " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was quite an average sort of pupil , nothing out of the ordinary , and I certainly did n't expect him to become what he is today . ’ |
| 2 | It was quite an adventure for me to come to Ireland , you know . |
| 3 | A wooden mansion was quite an inviting residence : it consisted of the saloon of a large ship that must have been wrecked in the neighbourhood . |
| 4 | He had told me he was going all the way to Stornoway and I could tell that it was quite an event . |
| 5 | It was quite an art . |
| 6 | There were a lot of civilian girls there , wearing short , flared skirts and matching pants , and to see the way the men swung the girls up under their arms and even over their heads was quite an eye-opener . |
| 7 | So , it was quite an adventure . |
| 8 | Your first London Schools event in those days was quite an experience . |
| 9 | It was quite an occasion in more ways than one , for I had not travelled abroad since my arrival in England back in 1967 . |
| 10 | Once after I had recited at the Guild I was given a pair of woollen gloves , speckled coloured , and with cuffs , which was quite an unexpected treat . |
| 11 | Pig killing was quite an event in the dale and had-to take place when there was an ‘ R ’ in the month because it was wise to avoid the warmer months since refrigerators were unknown in the dale . |
| 12 | This was quite an achievement as there were many well-known archers at the meeting — the captain had arranged for the northern championship meeting to be held at the same venue on the three days prior to the Scorton shoot . |
| 13 | Champagne was quaffed and truffles munched by the 30 guests : ‘ It was quite an orgy , very close , very friendly , ’ says Gilbert . |
| 14 | It was quite an exciting and exacting task to work out the meaning of basic Christian terms , for in Burmese almost all the abstract nouns and religious words came from the religious language of Buddhism . |
| 15 | There was quite an appealing letter in er one of the local papers this week for a young person on this particular subject . |
| 16 | This was quite an accomplishment and the boss was very pleased . |
| 17 | ‘ I suppose I was quite an odd kid , ’ he declares with confidential intensity . |
| 18 | Her father was a lawyer who wrote , he was quite an eminent man , of great intelligence ; erudite . |
| 19 | This was quite an achievement for an organisation only a few months old . |
| 20 | Well that was another thing , one of the new first-aiders we 've got , erm did n't know where the accident book was and I thought was quite an important thing that would probably have been brought up |
| 21 | The year before last — no , ‘ ninety-five , there was quite an imbroglio with a Count Andriyadi . |
| 22 | It was quite an act of faith ; the Friends present were fired up with enthusiasm , but it was freezing cold , the media coverage was pretty disheartening and the public reaction was less than encouraging . |
| 23 | And er when that was done the washing the mangle was always in the yard , in the backyard , the old mangle with the wooden rollers and it was quite an effort to turn and we children very often ha to give a turn . |
| 24 | Er , and all in all , it was quite er it 's quite it was quite an experience , er er to have seen er this this er this police er er baton charge , er and er we were fortunate enough in in being able to get out of the way . |
| 25 | So that was quite an experience and quite a contrast from er life in good old England . |
| 26 | And that was quite an experience . |
| 27 | It was quite an entrance , I do n't mind telling you . |
| 28 | There clearly was quite an extended period between Eadwine 's marriage to Aethelburh — some time before c . |
| 29 | there 's one quite sort of ground breaking paper that obviously there 's a lot in that people do n't agree with but it was quite an important paper in terms of er in terms of feminist linguistics and feminism in general . |
| 30 | It was quite an achievement for anyone in the theatre to command that many column inches in The Times . |