Example sentences of "[pers pn] be quite " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , welcoming children and coping with them are quite separate qualities . |
| 2 | Most of them are quite vulnerable and gentle , like dying dinosaurs . |
| 3 | Most of them are quite vulnerable and gentle , like dying dinosaurs . |
| 4 | Some of them are quite little books — some of them are enormous , mind you . |
| 5 | In another sense most of them are quite the opposite , namely rejections of modern modes of political organisation , both national and supranational . |
| 6 | and some of them are quite like about seven or |
| 7 | Certainly not all boyfriends of teenage mothers are teenagers themselves , although a significant number of them are quite young . |
| 8 | some of them are quite |
| 9 | So in the two things that can happen in conversation to give it To make it stop running smoothly are overlapping and interruption and like some of them are quite difficult to tell apart but usually it 's If you 're transcribing stuff it 's fairly obvious . |
| 10 | What excellent company you keep in recommending Chambers — not all of them are quite politically correct but I 've been after the broadest sweep possible . |
| 11 | For what it is worth , most modern biologists would n't find it difficult to explain every one of the Bishop 's 35 examples in terms of the theory of natural selection , although not all of them are quite as easy as the polar bears . |
| 12 | Some of them are quite big north of the county |
| 13 | I mean most speakers have got resonate point , some , most of them are quite low |
| 14 | Some of them are quite hard to read . |
| 15 | cos they , some of them are quite delicate . |
| 16 | Well , no I mean non-conformances , but some of them are quite |
| 17 | Some of them are quite funny . |
| 18 | We are also accountable through the box office in terms that your public will not come and see events and pay their money if the events that you 're putting on are not of sufficiently high standard , so the accountability runs in three our four different channels and each of them are quite potent and quite immediate in terms of their impact that they can have on the Association . |
| 19 | Nathan and I are quite alone , many miles from civilization and , apparently , lost , the wind having blown snow across the tracks ahead suggests that we just let the dogs lead us towards the others , a well-reasoned idea that works perfectly . |
| 20 | Dad and I are quite good friends , but I think I 'm a severe disappointment to my mother . |
| 21 | ‘ In fact , both my wife and I are quite overcome by all your kindness . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Ten years on , I am quite sure that the biggest issue we have uncovered is the issue of neglect , ’ Ms Reeves says . |
| 23 | I am quite a pleader at times and this occasion surpassed all previous pleads imaginable . |
| 24 | Consequently , I am quite concerned about this Commission . ’ |
| 25 | As Mr Jim Lester , the MP for Broxtowe , on the left of the party , said yesterday : ‘ I am quite sure he will get quite a lot of support . |
| 26 | I am quite under the spell of your instrument , and how I enjoyed that sideways dancing ! but do be careful you do n't fall in the sea , Italy is not very wide . |
| 27 | While I am pleased to report that this particular source has not been replaced with high-quality material , suppliers of this and other ‘ green ’ materials should be warned that I am quite prepared to give them the widest publicity they 've ever had if they try fobbing gardeners off with sub-standard goods . |
| 28 | So she said , ‘ I am quite happy here , if you are . |
| 29 | ‘ I am quite happy with your company . |
| 30 | I am quite astonished that you should suggest such a thing . |