Example sentences of "he quite " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He quite enjoys singing along to records at parties , except when one of mine is played ! |
| 2 | He looked such a handicap certainty for the Tote Gold Trophy that he quite ruined the betting on the race when starting 7-4 on in a field of 10 , the smallest of the series . |
| 3 | He quite enjoyed the process although he never fancied the women concerned . |
| 4 | Still , he quite liked making jokes at the expense of other authors . |
| 5 | She gave Charles the address , and looked so happy and excited when she asked the Stage Door Keeper to get her the Wimbledon number , that he quite forgave her for keeping him hanging about in the draughty passage outside his box . |
| 6 | It is not , then , a question of deciding on the elements of a ‘ defence ’ of mistake , because , where the man is mistaken , this means that he quite simply lacks the fault element required for the offence . |
| 7 | He quite possibly made that catastrophe recede by denying the aggressive Chinese access to Russian secrets . |
| 8 | Or he quite liked the idea of being an Afro-Caribbean Woman Advice Worker . |
| 9 | Mr Charsley begins by pointing out that a Martian who found himself invited to a wedding would imagine that the whole affair had been laid on to honour the cake ( the question as to who would invite a Martian or to which side of the church the ushers would show him or why best men seem to turn into Martians when it comes to speeches , he quite wisely avoids ) . |
| 10 | Not only did he quite genuinely want to ease the distress of the hostages ' relatives but Reagan was well aware of the damaging analogy to his own political fortunes when comparing this hostage crisis to that suffered by Carter . |
| 11 | When Lafargue , a Proudhonist , argued later that nationalities were ‘ antiquated superstitions ’ , Marx teased him gently by replying that ‘ by his denial of nationalities , he quite unconsciously understood their absorption in a model French nation ’ . |
| 12 | There were notices about mutilation of volumes , about theft , with which he quite failed to associate himself . |
| 13 | He never felt that he quite belonged to the life of the daylight hours . |
| 14 | David began signing his letters The Boss and I think he quite liked it , ’ says Charman . |
| 15 | He quite liked the feeling it gave him , but he did n't know if it was it or the drink was making him feel rather dizzy . |
| 16 | So , as the other person already occupied part of the left hand bench , he quite naturally went over to the right hand bench and promptly sat down . |
| 17 | It was as if there were no place where he quite belonged . |
| 18 | He relaxed her and told her that he quite appreciated her anxiety and fear , and the fact that she was experiencing so much pain . |
| 19 | He quite simply said , let's be happy , Lee thought as she woke . |
| 20 | Turner was suspicious of the other man , as he quite rightly should have been ; but he 'd had a whiff of something he especially did n't like , which considering who and what Ray Doyle was , was an amazing mistake to make . |
| 21 | He quite fancied her , truth to tell . |
| 22 | I think he quite likes it . ’ |
| 23 | I do n't think he quite expected what he saw . ’ |
| 24 | We took him to a Chinese restaurant where they serve those drinks in coconuts — they 're quite strong and he does n't really drink , but we made him have one anyway , and he quite enjoyed it . |
| 25 | Discovered alone in a remote cottage with a young female whose brother had once described her as ‘ a don , alas , but a dish when she takes the trouble , ’ had he quite deliberately misled the newcomer ? |
| 26 | Luke spent it wishing he had never come , dreading tea , dreading having to say he did n't mind , that it was quite OK , he quite saw , should n't have asked … |
| 27 | Given the mark-up on room service , he quite likes it . |
| 28 | Is he quite liking it ? |
| 29 | Er he 's selling and fitting carpets , he quite likes it . |
| 30 | Then he quite literally bumps into someone who turns out to be a very good friend indeed . |