Example sentences of "he [was/were] quite a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Yes , he was quite a loss to the community , and still young too . |
| 2 | He was quite a frightening animal to look at , with his sharp white fangs gleaming against his black muzzle , but he was n't really threatening to bite a piece out of Angela — only wanting to play with her . |
| 3 | He was quite a small man , about five feet in height , poor and shabby-looking . |
| 4 | He was quite a personable young man , but the Waaf I recognised instantly as the one who had been ejected from Hut 4 at Bourn for being dirty . |
| 5 | At face value he was quite a man . |
| 6 | He was quite a civil bloke , was n't he ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ He was quite a good teacher , right ? ’ |
| 8 | He was quite a disciplinarian and rarely deviated from what had been the conventional 3Rs school of teaching . |
| 9 | ‘ He was quite a bit older than me . |
| 10 | It was when the pale flood of light returned that Stephen saw the man — He was quite a long way off , not far in from the road , and he was standing quite still as if waiting for someone or watching . |
| 11 | He , he was quite a decent footballer , quite a nice chap really . |
| 12 | He could explain that this had been written a long time ago , when he was quite a different person . |
| 13 | He was quite a forceful preacher , too intelligent for the majority of his congregation , so that the rather dry instructive sermons to which he inclined personally had to be diluted and sweetened to suit their taste . |
| 14 | ‘ Mm , he was quite a bit younger than she was , ’ Simon said thoughtfully , snapping off a dead geranium head in the tub that flowered by his door . |
| 15 | And erm he 'd gone to sea at a very early age and had er both steam and sail and you k I 've given you his history , er and he was quite a fellow . |
| 16 | He was quite a good listener sometimes . ’ |
| 17 | Bearing in mind that she would be eating a main meal that evening , Fabia ordered an omelette and salad , and soon discovered that once Lubor had settled down from his initial opportunistic manner he was quite a pleasant lunchtime companion . |
| 18 | He was quite a hot shot with Exeter a couple of seasons backs . |
| 19 | ‘ I enjoyed singing for Tippett , ’ she said , ‘ even though he was quite a perfectionist . ’ |
| 20 | But er he was quite a character the man that did that . |
| 21 | He was quite a nice fellow ! |
| 22 | Well he was quite a good dancer himself |
| 23 | and so this guy was selling it for forty , Vicky ordered her canoe there and he was quite a young man and so alright she said hi big boy how about letting me have it for thirty five if you 're willing to ha are you willing to haggle I mean my friend did buy a whole canoe he sort of |
| 24 | He was quite an average sort of pupil , nothing out of the ordinary , and I certainly did n't expect him to become what he is today . ’ |
| 25 | Her father was a lawyer who wrote , he was quite an eminent man , of great intelligence ; erudite . |
| 26 | Well as she cared for him , he was quite an embarrassment to his mother , and the less he was evident in her life the better . |
| 27 | All in all , she thought , flicking her hair back from her face , he was quite an unusual person . |
| 28 | However , from the moment he entered the Mess he was quite an outstanding character — and I hope he will not mind me mentioning it — against a rich harvest of exceptional characters at that time . |
| 29 | erm The warden of Merton had to get out of Oxford quick when the king arrived , because , and spent the erm war in London , name was Nathaniel Brent , and he was quite an important man in the organisation of the Parliamentary war effort , and Lincoln had rather mixed loyalties , too . |