Example sentences of "he [is] [verb] quite a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He s got quite a dry sense of humour and was probably ‘ joking ’ about the Norwich match … and lets face it it was a bit of a horror show defensively ! |
| 2 | He is emanating quite a powerful golden light himself , he notices . |
| 3 | When Florence of Worcester draws elements of his account of the battle of Assandun in 1016 from Sallust he is revealing quite a lot about the classical interests of twelfth-century historians , but also raising doubts about his own reliability , and William of Malmesbury , whose methods so often find favour with modern scholars , nevertheless records miracle stories which his critical faculties ought to have led him to doubt , and perhaps did ; and like historians of all periods , William , Florence and their colleagues were at the mercy of the bias and inadequacy of their sources , as well as their own prejudices and errors . |
| 4 | Now Henry lives near Henley , and while he would sneer at the Hooray Henries crowding that town 's regatta ( in true , no-frills , Aussie style ) , he 's become quite a showman himself . |
| 5 | As well as the speed , he 's getting quite a taste for the adulation from friends and relatives . |
| 6 | Hnatiuk at the bank said he 's always had quite a good balance in his savings account — for a kid — and he 's deposited quite a bit of money recently . |
| 7 | I understand he 's done quite a lot of his work in Venice . ’ |
| 8 | He 's doing quite a few weekends on duty , to earn a bit of money . |
| 9 | ‘ He 's changed quite a bit in these last few weeks . ’ |