Example sentences of "quite [adj] at [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The situation in England was quite different at this time , and illustrates the principle that the horizons of what scholars are prepared to believe about musical performance in the past can be set by what their contemporaries among performers are able to provide . |
| 2 | The optimism of 1959 which runs through them is quite breathtaking at this distance in time : ‘ Some experts insist on talking as if the only choices were immediate surrender , immediate preventive war or eventual world annihilation , ’ Kahn declared . |
| 3 | There 's a fair amount of operatics involved ( again orchestra only ) , mostly courtesy of André Kostelanetz ( who was quite inimitable at this sort of thing ) , and his Orchestra , with contributions from Ormandy , Patané , Andrew Davis , Perlman/Williams ( Paganini ) , and Zukerman ( Vivaldi ) along the way . |
| 4 | I used to think I was quite good at that kind of thing |
| 5 | I 'm quite good at that bit now |
| 6 | S ‘ funny , I ve become quite good at that impersonation … |
| 7 | Zeinab was quite good at that sort of thing . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Les Conn : The problem was John ( Bloom ) did n't know anybody in the music business except myself because I was quite well-known at that time in Tin Pan Alley . |
| 10 | I bought a Moses basket ( quite rare at that time ) for my baby , and wondered why my room mate was not so enthusiastic . |
| 11 | The Yellow Sword , Xiphophorus clemenciae is quite rare at this site but can be found in many rivers throughout this remote part of Mexico . |
| 12 | It is usually said that they are quite passive at this stage . |
| 13 | Yeah I , I do n't think he 's making it that , that much worse than it is , I think it is still quite bad at this point in time but it 's you know , since revolution yes the landlords still hold |