Example sentences of "be quite [adj] [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is important to realize that the scope of a scheme which apparently focuses on a relatively narrow area may be quite wide by the time all fringe topics ( which are relevant to or have some impact upon the core area ) have been noted . |
| 2 | General evidence of the activities of that society would be quite sufficient for the time being . ’ |
| 3 | I think my mum thought she was being quite unusual at the time . ’ |
| 4 | In the twelfth century marriages were generally arranged by parents , guardians or overlords , so this move was quite normal for the time , marriages being primarily matters of finance or territory , rather than of the heart . |
| 5 | It was quite traumatic at the time to be sick or unwell in such a situation but you did your very best and succeeded in putting it all right . |
| 6 | I was quite sure at the time that I would n't want any more children . |
| 7 | I was quite young at the time of course . |
| 8 | It was quite unacceptable at the time to the British Communists . |
| 9 | That was quite right at the time . |
| 10 | ‘ It was quite clear at the time that it was just being borrowed . |
| 11 | I was quite surprised , er during the summer I went to my grandson 's school fete and they had a hot air balloon demonstration there and this er , this car turned up with a trailer on the back with , I du n no , probably some name , hot air balloon name on the trailer , I thought oh yes he 's gon na show us how to inflate it and i I was quite amazed from the time he unpacked the balloon to the time it actually took off was only ten minutes . |
| 12 | I was quite sick at the time . |
| 13 | I thought that was quite funny at the time . |
| 14 | ‘ I was quite ill at the time . |
| 15 | Each year they asked all the people to do little sketches , and as my sister and I spoke French , we thought it might be quite fun to do a kind of singing and dancing cabaret act — it was quite risqué at the time — I was fourteen — and in fact we were spotted by a talent scout who wanted us to come up and audition for a show in a London night club . |