Example sentences of "he was [not/n't] quite [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He spent some time in Rome , later Florence and then , in 1923 or 1924 — he was n't quite sure — he ‘ fetched up ’ in Naples . |
| 2 | He was n't quite sure how to treat Emily . |
| 3 | There was just the faintest trace of hesitation behind his smooth approach , as if for once he was n't quite sure that was true . |
| 4 | He was n't quite sure yet . |
| 5 | He was n't quite sure what he wanted … |
| 6 | Charlie 's only reaction was to stare out of the window because he was n't quite sure what else to do . |
| 7 | ‘ But he was n't quite good enough for me . ’ |
| 8 | He was n't quite certain whether he was an honoured visitor or a prisoner or maybe something in between . |
| 9 | Charlie laughed loudly to cover the fact that he was n't quite certain whether or not she was joking . |
| 10 | He was n't quite comfortable with her . |
| 11 | Syl went out of his way to preserve a semblance of youthfulness , wearing his clothes untidily and even eating in a haphazard fashion as though he was n't quite old enough to have learned proper manners . |
| 12 | When she finally reached his side , he looked up , his eyes dark with an anger he was n't quite quick enough to conceal . |
| 13 | He was n't quite ready . |
| 14 | He looked round and realised that he was not quite sure where he was . |
| 15 | He was not quite sure who it was , but he had certain ideas . |
| 16 | Something had been achieved , even though he was not quite sure how or what . |
| 17 | He was not quite sure how far he could trust Horridge . |
| 18 | He was not quite sixteen but he had long acted like a boy impatient of childhood . |
| 19 | He was not quite twenty-two . |
| 20 | I 've had to go back up in to him , yeah , but I do n't know what happened last night , I do n't know whether he was not quite tired enough , erm , he must of got up as soon as I put him down and started sort of moaning then I went into the girls and I sorted them out he started screaming he did , so I had to go to him in and lay him down and making him lay down |
| 21 | But in the end he was not quite good enough . ’ |
| 22 | He was not quite such a dumbhead as one would think . |
| 23 | He was not quite satisfied with the way his mind was working . |
| 24 | Er my brother John had been er gone to work for the Bank in and unfortunately was drowned in an accident when he was not quite twenty . |