Example sentences of "be quite a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean , you 're quite a bit older than me and that does n't matter , either . ’ |
| 2 | You 're quite a bit older than 'er . |
| 3 | I thought they 'd be wizzing off at one a second but they 're quite a bit slower than that |
| 4 | ‘ You know , you 're quite a girl . ’ |
| 5 | You 're quite a bird , even if you do like 'em long in the tooth ! ’ |
| 6 | ‘ You 're quite a linguist , ’ she said . |
| 7 | ‘ You know , you 're quite a cracker . |
| 8 | ‘ So you 're quite a celebrity . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ You 're quite a celebrity in these parts . ’ |
| 10 | " I do n't know how many of them there are , " said Silver , " but we 're quite a crowd . |
| 11 | He belittled any attempt at serious conversation with phrases such as , ‘ Well , you 're quite a bluestocking , ’ or , ‘ Actually , I did n't come out to discuss politics . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ You 're quite an eye-stopper yourself … |
| 13 | I can bowl , I 'm quite a bowler . |
| 14 | So I 've done all this , I 'm quite a handyman in the house , so we talked about it at the cen at the centre here and we actually asked another guy to do it , who 's erm sixty odd and he comes in here everyday er and he was willing to start it or to run it . |
| 15 | I 'm quite a fan , really . |
| 16 | Many people would lose their jobs if the firm were to go bankrupt ; skills and research would be lost ; for Britain 's largest manufacturer to vanish would be quite a blow . |
| 17 | However , for you it may be best to stretch the paper , in order to avoid buckling during painting , which can be quite a nuisance , as you know ! |
| 18 | Donegal have n't lost a game in 12 months , while Derry have only lost three times in 27 months , so it should be quite a struggle . |
| 19 | Which could be quite a bit as they all still lived at home with their mums and dads . |
| 20 | ‘ It certainly looks as if we are going to be quite a bit worse off next year , ’ he said . |
| 21 | The redundancy money would be quite a bit but that was not the same as having a wage coming in . |
| 22 | Erm obviously if you did n't , then the widower 's pension will be quite a bit less cos we 're only talking about from nineteen eighty eight . |
| 23 | Er and I 'm quite sure there 'll be quite a bit of change to many of our procedures . |
| 24 | No , if they bid for the franchise , then , and get it , obviously that franchise runs for the period , and by the way , a lot of the criticisms in the film , I think were based on a misunderstanding that all the franchises are going to be short , they 're not , those where there 's a substantial investment going in can be quite a bit longer |
| 25 | ‘ The flat we are moving into is quite cold ; a rise of 17.5 per cent will be quite a bit . ’ |
| 26 | No , just might be quite a bit wet . |
| 27 | The five soldiers prove , as always , to be quite a spectacle for passing motorists . |
| 28 | As the lifting kite is going to be large enough to carry the weight of line , carrier and passenger(s) , there will be quite a pull , so it pays to use good quality braided Dacron of adequate breaking strain . |
| 29 | It really was going to be quite a race . |
| 30 | And like any other baby it 's proving to be quite a handfull … especially at mealtimes . |