Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] quite [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Probably there was some quite innocent explanation , which Roger Kenyon would give her when she returned the wallet — if , indeed , it were his . |
| 4 | It seemed to me that there was some quite palpable fear , some terror , almost , loose amongst them . ’ |
| 5 | It is no coincidence that a number of smaller mints are located at royal estate-centres , and there was one quite important mint at the palace — that is , within the king 's peripatetic household . |