Example sentences of "that [was/were] quite [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That was quite a relief too . |
| 2 | ‘ That was quite a place , ’ she enthused . |
| 3 | That was quite a revelation in those years of juvenilia . |
| 4 | Having been four-over par after his first three holes on Thursday , that was quite a recovery . |
| 5 | Even so , I noticed Rosie was doing it , and that was quite a sight too ! |
| 6 | Mouthed all the swear words I could think of — and that was quite a lot . |
| 7 | That was quite a coup , considering that EastEnders is a BBC programme . |
| 8 | I thought , ‘ This name looks good in print , ’ and that was quite a relief because Aspel is not a good name to pronounce — people always want to say Aspirin or Cesspool … . |
| 9 | That was quite a bang , literally — the sound of the explosion was heard thousands of miles away . |
| 10 | That was , thing is that was quite a long time ago . |
| 11 | ‘ THAT was quite a highlight for me . |
| 12 | That was quite a breakthrough in the recording of these works on period instruments , making me eager for many more discs of Haydn from him . |
| 13 | Please continue to send papers for any relevant meetings and an attempt will be made to respond to appropriate issues , if there is any specific topic you wish to be considered , please do not hesitate to get in touch so I thought that was quite a nice letter seeing as I practically read them all |
| 14 | That was quite a nice dinner you ordered , though you need n't have been quite so Spartan — I 'm glad to see you 've allowed us some sugar with these raspberries — I appreciated your nuance of not having the fish just grilled . |
| 15 | That was quite a useful move . |
| 16 | But that was that was quite a good school , went through there via a Mr , he was a very nice teacher , very efficient , and he did n't believe in the cane , he did n't . |
| 17 | And erm =ut er th that that was quite a quite a good school , quite a modern school but I I 'd er I 'd er I was n't able to stay there long because I was approaching my thirteenth birthday you see than . |
| 18 | That was quite a lot of money then was n't it ? |
| 19 | And er that was quite a few years ago , about the conditions and on tea estates , and er er that was partly why we switched mostly to Kenyan tea I think after that . |
| 20 | ‘ That was quite a telephone bill , ’ I said as we moved off . |
| 21 | So presumably that was quite a popular piece of er legislation ? |
| 22 | Erm th that was sent away to London white metal that that that was quite a costly affair as well . |
| 23 | That was quite a performance you gave this evening . ’ |
| 24 | Yeah I was just looking at erm I thought that was quite a bit of resolute defending there from er Whitlow . |
| 25 | Okay you covered all that okay yeah erm I think the objection bit you could 've been a bit better on that one erm cos that was quite a sort of bad one , well you 're not too sure about sort of giving his name or his telephone number out |
| 26 | ‘ That was quite a job you did on him , you and Niall between you . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ That was quite a promise you made to your father tonight , ’ Damian said softly . |
| 28 | It seems amazing now , but that was quite a regular thing with the big houses . ’ |
| 29 | And that was quite a good idea , because late at night following wedding parties and other , if anybody was behaving in an disorderly manner and people were returning home , they would always tell the policeman that they saw that a rowdy crowd were coming along . |
| 30 | that was quite a concern really , no it , I think it was nine percent last year and it 's down to about four four and a half |