Example sentences of "[adv prt] quite " in BNC.
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| 1 | From what I remember , we went down quite well and it was the beginning of quite an interesting career for the young Mr Jones . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I think Neil Kinnock will probably stand down quite soon , ’ said Mr George Galloway , MP for Glasgow Hillhead : ‘ He has reached the summit of where he can take the British Labour Party . ’ |
| 3 | If only the bar was n't brought down quite so hard on everyone 's head . |
| 4 | Using sensitive earthquake-detecting instruments ( seismographs or seismometers ) , it is possible to pin down quite precisely the sites where the shock waves originate in this region , and it can easily be shown that these sites are confined to a narrow belt which dips steeply down under the continental margin at about 60 degrees , and which hits the surface just where the ocean is deepest , in the Chile-Peru Trench . |
| 5 | Return to the third eye position and this time press your thumbs down quite firmly ( your partner will soon tell you if it is too hard ) and hold for about three seconds . |
| 6 | In these the small rivers flow down quite steep channels , or gradients ( e.g. 1 : 40 ) . |
| 7 | Her young are born in the nest and she leaves them there , protecting them from predators by blocking the hole with soil , which she packs down quite tightly . |
| 8 | He plays great guitar which is inspirational , plus no-one seems to be able to get the sound of the upright bass down quite like he does … ’ |
| 9 | It is then possible to hold the cord down quite firmly . |
| 10 | Deprived of attention , the dog should then quieten down quite quickly , and ultimately behaviour of this kind can be overcome if you then return home without allowing the dog out of the vehicle on this occasion . |
| 11 | Although the haze had restricted visibility forward Spencer recalls that he could see down quite well and everything seemed to be going smoothly for a controlled emergency landing . |
| 12 | What she explains as the free manner of speech of West Coast Canadians , which would probably go down quite well in the United States , has raised Canadian eyebrows . |
| 13 | It was becoming the rule not the exception that launches did not go right first time , but BBC2 settled down quite quickly as a recognized minority channel . |
| 14 | The fluctuations in Scottish support for political nationalism would suggest that the sense of Scottish identity , separateness from the English and resentment against England , has bounced up and down quite unsystematically since the last war . |
| 15 | coming down quite steady . |
| 16 | So use all your all your paper go down quite a bit . |
| 17 | A little recreational fornication would go down quite well just now . |
| 18 | And the amount of it we get from India and Sri Lanka ha has gone down quite a lot . |
| 19 | And of course with the reduction in the erm er interest rates , then those have come down quite steeply . |
| 20 | And some of the connections are quite revealing , and the actions of the Italians in getting very very frustrated and angry now , and having the Christian Democrats and the Mafia and the and the establishment ruling them for many many years , I think does them proud and er maybe a little bit of anger here , about the same issues , would go down quite well . |
| 21 | Because what new drugs can do is they can put your blood pressure down quite quickly . |
| 22 | And the jib goes up and down quite easily . |
| 23 | ‘ She held down quite a high-powered job in London before she came to me . ’ |
| 24 | My luggage had been weighed down quite heavily with cheeses — two pieces of packaged stilton from Marks and Spencer and four small cheddars . |
| 25 | being the Chief Clerk and then turned left and down quite a long corridor , which in those days was erm shorned up with four by four timber posts because er , presumably they thought if the County Hall got a direct hit the ceiling might come down |
| 26 | Proteins , lipids ( fats ) and carbohydrates are all broken down quite easily and absorbed . |
| 27 | This did n't go down quite as well . |
| 28 | And what he did was he wrote down quite a number of things . |
| 29 | Ipswich players were going down quite a lot , and every time they did , Leeds kindly punted the ball back to them after the drop-ball restart . |
| 30 | As he turned to face her , Ronni was suddenly wishing she had n't sat down quite so hurriedly . |