Example sentences of "[pers pn] were quite a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 You were quite a time . ’
2 The house that I was actually born in is still there , number twenty five er after a while I moved across the road to a bigger house when , cos my mother had an another son and a daughter and then we moved over to the , so when we were quite a bit in the Stoke area .
3 It was a hot day so we were outside , which was lucky as we were quite a crowd !
4 They were quite a part of the international scene in those days from what I can make out .
5 It came in very useful because they were quite a while before the gas was connected .
6 They were quite a success , too , at first .
7 Oh they 've come down in price from when I 'm talking about , when they first come first out , they were quite a lot , a lot more
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