Example sentences of "quite [adj] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had written one poem since his marriage , dedicated to his wife , which is couched in a spirit quite different from any poetry he had written before — he had finally , he told Cyril Connolly , written a poem about love and happiness . |
| 2 | The difference this time is that it is someone they personally loved and therefore it takes on an importance quite different from any event they may have witnessed before . |
| 3 | All I know is that friendship with a woman is quite , quite different from any relationship you may have with a man . |
| 4 | If an offence is committed and the employer was quite unaware of any defect he is still liable for ‘ using ’ ( Green v Burnett [ 1954 ] 3 All ER 273 ) . |
| 5 | But it was that 's what it that 's where er you know , there was he had been quite successful in this lawsuit you know , he 'd made quite a bit of money . |
| 6 | erm and I think maybe that you , you jumped in should n't have done that er because obviously M Martin got quite defensive at that point you know because you were only going there to do this financial planning service and er selling them anything , you were just offering this financial planning service and then you jumped in with these , when I come back with my recommendations erm tt I also thought that erm you know it was a little bit dodgy actually to say you , well you know erm tt we have found that our records are incorrect and I thought well then that maybe and erm you went ve you went very o when you were talking about the dependants erm you , you you did n't seem to get into er erm how many children have you got and is there any other dependants , it , you , it seemed to take you a long time to actually get there . |
| 7 | The thing is you said it would probably make us quite competitive toward each other you know . |