Example sentences of "quite [adj] of [v-ing] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She consistently refused any offers of help with cooking and cleaning or transport to the hospital , maintaining that she was quite capable of managing for herself . |
| 2 | I 'm quite capable of looking after myself and I do n't need you to tell me how . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I appreciate your concern , but I 'm quite capable of looking after myself , you know . ’ |
| 4 | However good our schools , there will emerge from them some people , quite capable of looking after themselves and of having a simple job , whose reading age will never be more than 8 or 9 . |
| 5 | ‘ Are quite capable of looking after themselves . |
| 6 | Large billy goats alone may be quite capable of looking after themselves . |
| 7 | ‘ And here we two are , ’ Fernando said on a sigh , ‘ wasting breath over two adults who are quite capable of looking after themselves . ’ |
| 8 | But every time she mentioned them to Fernando he assured her they were quite capable of looking after themselves and promptly closed the subject . |
| 9 | He served his time at sea , is quite capable of looking after himself , and apparently prefers it that way . |
| 10 | ‘ My daughter is twenty-eight , you know , quite capable of looking after herself without her parents breathing down her neck all the time . ’ |
| 11 | Quite capable of looking after herself . |
| 12 | I 'm quite capable of deputizing for my husband . |
| 13 | I am a 66-year-old pensioner and quite capable of deciding for myself what is suitable to see . |