Example sentences of "it was quite [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was quite a drive and quite a list for when she got there , so she was unlikely to be back before the early evening ; but this was no great problem , because they 'd soon be closing the doors so that they could make a start on the next day 's preparations . |
| 2 | It was quite a trip . |
| 3 | By this time the light was dreadful , and it was quite a surprise when the Kent innings started , but only eight deliveries were bowled before the umpires decided that the conditions were not good enough , and we all trooped home through the fine drizzle and semi-darkness . |
| 4 | It was quite a surprise , therefore , to find that most galaxies appeared red-shifted : nearly all were moving away from us ! |
| 5 | Of course , in England we were used to er especially at the beginning of the war , we had tea in the afternoon of course , and er when we got there it was dinner at night , with you know , meat and vegetables every night , that sort of thing , so it was quite a surprise . |
| 6 | Unfortunately the apartment was at the very top and it was quite a struggle to drag Maidstone up the eight or ten flights of stairs . |
| 7 | It was quite a crush but the first circuit — left on to Orchard Street and all the way round Selfridges , then Oxford Street as far as Marylebone Lane and then Wigmore again — went off without serious injury . |
| 8 | It was quite a crack ! ’ |
| 9 | It was quite a year for the affable and unassuming Sean Blaney , who within months had led his native Armagh to their one and only All Ireland minor success . |
| 10 | He said it was quite a way — the other side of Préfleur , towards the hills , and that we would catch sight of the white gateposts from a distance . |
| 11 | For example , it was quite a story in December 1985 when Mrs Thatcher briefly appeared to have allowed Michael Heseltine , Secretary of State for Defence , to campaign publicly against the Cabinet 's position that the Westland helicopter company could do a deal with the American firm Sikorsky if its shareholders so wished . |
| 12 | Well it was quite a change for my mother from being a dressmaker to being a a well a smallholder 's wife . |
| 13 | Sounds like it was quite a night . |
| 14 | It was quite a responsibility at first , but if I was worried about anything there was a Head Gardener called Arthur Godfrey here at Killerton that I could turn to . |
| 15 | It was quite a performance , Dexter had to admit , and Nicola was a beautiful woman . |
| 16 | It was quite a performance that Twomey gave every evening . |
| 17 | It was quite a performance . |
| 18 | As Keith Miller , the biggest hitter of them all , gave away his wicket first ball it was quite a performance , but Bailey remembers one factor that few would believe today . |
| 19 | It was quite a shock to everyone when it was known that Mr Wilson had died ; he who had always seemed so solid and enduring . |
| 20 | It was quite a shock ! |
| 21 | Facing opposition from the City , from English Heritage and all the conservation groups , amenity organizations and civic societies in the country , as well as hundreds of people who work in the City , it was quite a shock when a different Environment Secretary , Nicholas Ridley , agreeing with his inspector , granted permission for demolition and redevelopment . |
| 22 | It was quite a shock , and I thought how lucky I had been never to get into a violent argument with him while he was carrying the clubs . ’ |
| 23 | And so , from 1958 onwards , these characters became my dolls , and their way , of life and the houses they inhabited became so real to me that it was quite a shock when I occasionally returned to the place which had started it all , Wood Green , near Witney . |
| 24 | It was quite a shock to learn that the Elsie found at the bottom of Loch Craig was not a twenty-six-year-old woman but a woman in her late fifties or early sixties . |
| 25 | It was quite a shock when 400 square metres of the site was found to be contaminated by radioactivity . |
| 26 | It was quite a shock but I was thrilled . ’ |
| 27 | Seriously , I did offer myself to the Lord , but when the opportunity came , it was quite a shock . |
| 28 | It was quite a shock . |
| 29 | Yes , there were er , I think there was one , two , three , four houses , four or five houses that were occupied before we came in , they were still building The Chantry incidently and er you know it was a it was quite a shock to us and the wife was a bit upset you know when having to , we came from Plymouth actually , Devon , and er the wife was a bit er down you know all the night travelling all night with the children |
| 30 | It was quite a shock . |