Example sentences of "quite [adj] [verb] [noun] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was/is quite refreshing to have crosses/corners snuffedout by someone who comes and catches the bloody ball . |
| 2 | I knew that it was quite possible to help Carol remember everything that had happened , but I also knew that it would be quite distressing for her — as indeed the trial itself would be . |
| 3 | The coroner was quite prepared to let Athelstan use the advantage they had now gained . |
| 4 | ‘ You are quite prepared to let Ana lead you onwards ? ’ |
| 5 | It 's quite useful to let people think you 're silly sometimes . |
| 6 | The result : division , geographical and stylistic , and so balefully profound that Neath supporters were quite happy to see Wales lose at home to Romania . |
| 7 | Well I was gon na paper out and start cutting out some faces I think cos I mean a I may just as well I mean I was quite happy to let Paul help me out but then |
| 8 | As the kitchen was tiny Laura was quite happy to let Jenny get on with it alone . |
| 9 | Leith had almost finished her second course when , quite happy to let Travis talk away , she suddenly wondered , as he began to get repetitive , if she was indeed helping him by letting him talk so much on the same theme . |
| 10 | IT 'S quite common to let people die in extreme cases . |
| 11 | It is quite common to hear teachers say that they do not subscribe to any particular approach or method in their teaching but are ‘ eclectic ’ . |