Example sentences of "quite a [adj] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | That was , I got it on the coach quite a nice thing |
| 2 | This was quite a normal thing at that time and neighbours would call to pay their last respects . |
| 3 | Finally , when she was fastening the long row of buttons on a classic dark blue creation , her mother came in , her lovely calm as untouched as ever , as though missing daughters suddenly returning were quite a normal thing . |
| 4 | But of course that can become quite a complex thing depending on how much we want to sort of use it to produce certificates and things like that . |
| 5 | It is quite a new thing ; what can we do with such an opposition as this ? ’ |
| 6 | It was quite a new thing er in itself er you know it 's , you , like I say , you 've implied that er there was at least some degree of unrest on the shop floor . |
| 7 | Well the disk is quite a separate thing from the memory so let me er try and explain , what the what the two are . |
| 8 | It would be quite a useful thing to know I think . |
| 9 | I think chemistry and physics students are quite a good thing to be at the moment . |
| 10 | But I did n't like working at Johnny Walkers so I think it was quite a good thing at the time , although I did n't really like it I 'm glad now that it happened cos I 'd probably still be working in there . |
| 11 | Quite a good thing . |
| 12 | Er quite a good thing is this er sorbet stuff . |
| 13 | and erm Wickham Market had erm Machine Centre erm , that was used during the war for erm certain courses er particularly for erm tractor drivers , they used to er have a week 's course , they had to apply to the Education Committee and er we got these applications in and erm they spent a week at Wickham Market , then in they used to stay in lodgings if they came from great distances and erm they would learn about the maintenance of erm of tractors and er , I suppose it 's quite a good thing really because er , it was difficult to get any repairs done in those days |
| 14 | It 's quite a good thing as well for A type people , is to read , read books . |
| 15 | The reason why it 's quite a good thing to do is because it gets you into descriptive language okay and thinking about how you describe things , adjectives are describing words . |
| 16 | yeah and she said it was quite a good thing |
| 17 | For example they support the market square project and at the end of the day even with the total budget down to S S A the vast bulk of the money being spent by conservative budget 's been spent on people salaries but it 's still being spent on services and the labour party this year has lost the three elements keeping the tax down and that 's quite a good thing to see . |
| 18 | Oh was this quite a usual thing for |
| 19 | It seems amazing now , but that was quite a regular thing with the big houses . ’ |
| 20 | Classical acting is really quite a recent thing for me so it 's a case of speaking the verse as naturally as possible but observing it ‘ s rhythms and structure . |
| 21 | I felt sorry for them , thought it was quite a decent thing to do . |
| 22 | Erm er it 's quite a spectacular thing to watch , I imagine if you 're there . |
| 23 | It 's quite a strange thing to paint on because it 's a very absorbent surface and what happens if you wa , those of you who want subtle colours , well that 's fine cos you get very subtle colours if you want deep colours like black dark brown or a bright colour like bright red berries on the holly then we have to put varnish on alright ? |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | And erm therefore it 's quite a real thing to a lot of people . |
| 26 | It should be , that 's a quite a soothing thing is n't it ? |
| 27 | The only thing he got wrong — admittedly quite a big thing ! — was the explanation itself . |
| 28 | I think Derbyshire have done quite a big thing and had some publicity for theirs . |
| 29 | So you know it 's er quite a big thing . |
| 30 | it 's quite a big thing is n't it ? |