Example sentences of "[pron] [am/are] quite [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In another sense most of them are quite the opposite , namely rejections of modern modes of political organisation , both national and supranational . |
| 2 | I am quite a pleader at times and this occasion surpassed all previous pleads imaginable . |
| 3 | ‘ I guess it is probably a bad thing , but I am quite a flirty person . |
| 4 | ‘ You may not think it , but I am quite a busy man . |
| 5 | I am quite an Infidel about it , and shall never be converted . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ As I say , I 'm quite a private person , but if that 's OK with everyone else I suppose … |
| 7 | I 'm quite a fan , really . |
| 8 | I 'm quite a lazy person so I ignored them . |
| 9 | So I 've done all this , I 'm quite a handyman in the house , so we talked about it at the cen at the centre here and we actually asked another guy to do it , who 's erm sixty odd and he comes in here everyday er and he was willing to start it or to run it . |
| 10 | I 'm quite a logical person , you know . |
| 11 | Right , I , I 'm quite a small building , erm , I got scary stuff in me . |
| 12 | I can bowl , I 'm quite a bowler . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | I 'm quite the armchair feminist ! |
| 16 | Jumpers and frocks which are quite a good fit , |
| 17 | The latter quality is expressed by the precision of the design with its almost hard , linear effects , which are quite a contrast to Ramsay 's later use of sfumato . |
| 18 | Years before , he had suddenly exclaimed with bitter irony , ‘ You are quite the plush gentleman and I am the black sheep . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Yes , I have sought you , ’ he said , nodding , half to himself , ‘ for they tell me you are quite the best there is . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ You are quite the most tantalising — ’ |
| 21 | By this stage , you could be feeling that you are quite an old hand at Christmas video making ; if so , recording the party should be child 's play in every sense . |
| 22 | I mean , you 're quite a bit older than me and that does n't matter , either . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ You know , you 're quite a cracker . |
| 24 | You 're quite a bird , even if you do like 'em long in the tooth ! ’ |
| 25 | You 're quite a big girl . |
| 26 | ‘ So you 're quite a celebrity . ’ |
| 27 | You 're quite a bit older than 'er . |
| 28 | ‘ You 're quite a big girl , ’ Dotty had said . |
| 29 | He belittled any attempt at serious conversation with phrases such as , ‘ Well , you 're quite a bluestocking , ’ or , ‘ Actually , I did n't come out to discuss politics . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ You 're quite a stranger and no mistake , ’ he greeted his brother over his shoulder . |