Example sentences of "be quite a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 're quite a close knit community . |
| 2 | they 're quite a nice pair actually |
| 3 | ‘ You 're quite a stranger and no mistake , ’ he greeted his brother over his shoulder . |
| 4 | ‘ You 're quite a hateful man , ’ Jenna choked out , turning away from the cold , taunting eyes . |
| 5 | No , it sounds as if you 're quite a healthy weight for your height ( see our chart below ) . |
| 6 | You 're quite a big girl . |
| 7 | ‘ You 're quite a big girl , ’ Dotty had said . |
| 8 | ‘ We 're quite a tight team , ’ concludes Felton . |
| 9 | Right , I , I 'm quite a small building , erm , I got scary stuff in me . |
| 10 | I 'm quite a logical person , you know . |
| 11 | I 'm quite a lazy person so I ignored them . |
| 12 | ‘ As I say , I 'm quite a private person , but if that 's OK with everyone else I suppose … |
| 13 | Henry Farr , the solicitor from Maple Drive , who could be so funny when he chose , had said , in his comic colonel voice , that ‘ Johnny Muslim can be quite a tricky customer ! ’ |
| 14 | She 's beginning to be quite a young woman . |
| 15 | ‘ Care management could be quite a restrictive task to do over any length of time . |
| 16 | If you knew someone else with the same attributes , you would feel they must be quite a nice person really , would n't you ? |
| 17 | . Now moving over to , er what is Castle now , used to be quite a nice er well the the actual building Erm that building is still here , and the bulk of that er station building is still there , er but erm I 'm afraid all the er the buildings this side have gone , erm and er a lot of this has a lot of this has gone . |
| 18 | ‘ If we can settle institutional deals in a secure environment , then that could perhaps be quite a cheap exercise and fairly simple to establish . |
| 19 | Erm it 's about how people sell personal data er for money to other people erm and erm you 're quite er you will be quite a substantial part of the program . |
| 20 | Cloud flying , particularly in shower clouds , can be quite a dangerous pastime and on many days it would be totally irresponsible to risk losing a club glider by attempting to climb a large cloud . |
| 21 | You could not see or hear very far through it , but it would be quite a supportive , cocooning medium — foams can be very viscous . |
| 22 | In fact , if the starlings are all in a circle ( perhaps the lawn has a fairy ring which the worms find congenial ) , then the centre of the flock will be quite a long way from any of the birds . |
| 23 | Erm , a bit on the recommendations one they 're seeking approval er that erm the er tenders from are left from March nineteen ninety four to March nineteen ninety eight which seems to me to be quite a long time to let that go if we 're all a little bit concerned about what 's going on . |
| 24 | Can I make a suggestion rather than re-numbering all those , its going to be quite a long job , is that from what I can see at the moment there is no reason why that ca n't be added on as a last sentence to nine anyway , cause nine says you records the outcome of the enquiry , . |
| 25 | so erm investing into industry which I do n't know much about , and I , I am suspicious that invest into industry anyway erm so it 's gon na have , to work it 'll have to be quite a long term policy , well I imagine it would n't be a short-term policy . |
| 26 | Now that 's going to be quite a long term process is n't it ? |
| 27 | For the older dog the sudden loss of a sense can be quite a traumatic experience . |
| 28 | We need another Harry Cross and Ralph to present a silver lining to the ever present cloud of worthwhile issues which can be quite a daunting thing to watch especially the 90-minute Saturday omnibus edition . |
| 29 | It must be quite a boring job though ? |
| 30 | ‘ It does n't seem to occur to anyone that all these people going on about UFOs and the general hilarity they cause would be quite a good disguise for the government if it did want to cover up weapons testing . ’ |