Example sentences of "he 's quite a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | I mean Stephen is a heck of a long time ago , he 's the very first martyr , and we although we celebrate his feast day still on December the twenty sixth because he is the first martyr , he 's quite a long way away . |
2 | He 's quite a cool trendy dude and all that but |
3 | He I mean I know he eats you out of house and home , but he 's quite a good lodger is n't he ? |
4 | He 's quite a good player . |
5 | ‘ Shrub told me he 's quite a decent nome , really , ’ said Masklin . |
6 | Well I think he 's been on before and he 's quite a decent chap , I think . |
7 | I think it might , cos like does a lot of legal aid , so erm the , you know , legal aid work and he 's quite into it I think , I think he 's quite a decent chappie erm what they were basically saying was poor people wo n't be re erm erm poor people would n't be represented well enough , were n't they ? |
8 | Dear me , sir , you possess good sense , I see , ’ and Calatin looked pleased and slapped Fribble on the back which , as Fribble later pointed out , was rather alarming , because — ‘ Although he 's quite a small giant as giants go , ’ — Calatin was still twelve feet tall and his hands were like York hams . |
9 | Originally , I felt quite negative towards him — until I met him face to face and thought , ‘ Oh , he 's quite a nice man . ’ |
10 | He 's quite a nice man . ’ |
11 | He would , he 's quite a nice man . |
12 | He 's quite a nice old dear really . |
13 | He 's quite a strict trainer but we all like him . |
14 | He 's quite a forceful boy though . |
15 | ‘ If he 's the Sharpe I think he is , sir , then he 's quite a celebrated soldier . |
16 | One should say , however , in fairness to him , that he 's quite a shrewd politician , for a Tory that is . |
17 | After all , he 's quite a handsome guy in his own way , is n't he , as well as being disgustingly wealthy , and after two years love-games can become depressingly boring , ca n't they ? ’ |
18 | Yeah , but you know he 's an old , I mean you know the guy he 's quite an old , old fart basically he likes to be looked after |