Example sentences of "[be] quite a " 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 know , you 're quite a cracker . |
| 3 | You 're quite a bird , even if you do like 'em long in the tooth ! ’ |
| 4 | You 're quite a big girl . |
| 5 | ‘ So you 're quite a celebrity . ’ |
| 6 | You 're quite a bit older than 'er . |
| 7 | We 're quite a close knit community . |
| 8 | " I do n't know how many of them there are , " said Silver , " but we 're quite a crowd . |
| 9 | ‘ You 're quite a big girl , ’ Dotty had said . |
| 10 | 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 . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ You 're quite a stranger and no mistake , ’ he greeted his brother over his shoulder . |
| 12 | No , it sounds as if you 're quite a healthy weight for your height ( see our chart below ) . |
| 13 | ‘ You 're quite a linguist , ’ she said . |
| 14 | ‘ We 're quite a tight team , ’ concludes Felton . |
| 15 | ‘ You 're quite a hateful man , ’ Jenna choked out , turning away from the cold , taunting eyes . |
| 16 | ‘ You know , you 're quite a girl . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ You 're quite a celebrity in these parts . ’ |
| 18 | I thought they 'd be wizzing off at one a second but they 're quite a bit slower than that |
| 19 | they 're quite a nice pair actually |
| 20 | ‘ As I say , I 'm quite a private person , but if that 's OK with everyone else I suppose … |
| 21 | I 'm quite a fan , really . |
| 22 | I 'm quite a lazy person so I ignored them . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | I 'm quite a logical person , you know . |
| 25 | Right , I , I 'm quite a small building , erm , I got scary stuff in me . |
| 26 | I can bowl , I 'm quite a bowler . |
| 27 | Cloud flying , particularly in shower clouds , can be quite a dangerous pastime and on many days it would be totally irresponsible to risk losing a club glider by attempting to climb a large cloud . |
| 28 | From the point when the Government 's high interest rate policies start taking effect to the point when companies start calling in the receiver , there tends to be quite a delay — liquidity problems do not suddenly emerge unless something dramatically goes wrong . |
| 29 | Mehdi Moghadassi If past performances are anything to go by , this should be quite a disturbing work . |
| 30 | There must be quite a number of readers who have had Uxbridge Cottage Pie at some time — and I obviously can not tell how the 1991 version compared with earlier versions — but I can say that I enjoyed this particular dish and that the taste and texture were very good . |