Example sentences of "[verb] quite [adj] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some parents , whether openly or secretly , may feel quite pleased at the prospect of being grandparents . |
| 2 | Particularly when Madame bought her a matching pale blue cloche , cut quite high at the back , and with a deep brim on the right side , which practically obscured her right eye . |
| 3 | To take an example , suppose two mothers regularly go for coffee in each other 's homes and take along their respective toddlers , and that one parent gets quite distressed at the children running riot around the house whilst the other is seemingly oblivious . |
| 4 | He looked quite morose at the treatment handed out to cadavers . |
| 5 | Perhaps what we read as brute coincidence , silky irony , or brave , far-sighted modernism , looked quite different at the time . |
| 6 | Only three could read , and none could write , so at the end of my first day I felt quite depressed at the thought of the hard work ahead of me . |
| 7 | He felt quite excited at the thought of such a good name . |
| 8 | He got quite angry at the impossibility of Clarissa having given any such instructions . |
| 9 | ‘ Towards the end , Laura became quite frustrated at the way her customers would not keep up with her ideas ; they lagged behind in a way she found infuriating , ’ Robert Landgrebe explained . |
| 10 | ‘ You have n't exactly had a peaceful birthday ! ’ she 'd reminded Laura , who 'd smiled as she had recalled the twins ' boundless energy , which had left the two adults feeling quite exhausted at the end of the day . |
| 11 | Actually , they were feeling quite secure at the time for the Museum building was hurricane proof , one of the strongest around . |