Example sentences of "he [is] quite " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He is quite a character . |
| 2 | He is quite prepared to accept this criticism . |
| 3 | into reality , he is quite likely to make the grade . |
| 4 | The new party secretary in Czechoslovakia , Mr Karel Urbanek , has complained that he is quite unable to persuade district and regional party leaders to understand that the party 's leading role has gone . |
| 5 | into reality , he is quite likely to make the grade . |
| 6 | He is quite determined to master the art of the coracle , though as Comptroller of the Queen 's Household he need not concern himself with such trivialities . |
| 7 | He is quite used to me now and even accords me some respect . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ It is quite in order , ’ he said , ‘ for a person to put assets into family trusts , or indeed give assets away to other parties , provided that at the time a person gives away his assets he is quite solvent . ’ |
| 9 | In my opinion Wilbur is not the best dog in the Von Sophias Kennel , despite his success , since he is quite plain in head . |
| 10 | Once this is established , he is quite happy . |
| 11 | As long as he gets his food and sleep — ‘ and a bit of show jumping in between ’ — he is quite content . |
| 12 | He is quite witty and his dry humour comes across well . |
| 13 | ‘ He is quite metamorphosed from a shivering half starved plant , to a lusty , blooming fearless boy . ’ |
| 14 | He is quite definitely one of the most important jazz figures to emerge this side of the Atlantic and one of that handful of European musicians to achieve ‘ World Class ’ status . |
| 15 | He is quite right . |
| 16 | Frank wanted David to give me a down-sweep with the baton , but as anyone can observe , when I am in full flight I 'm really running high , and this presented David with a problem as he is quite a short fellow . |
| 17 | He is quite brilliant . |
| 18 | He is quite insistent in his amorous advances despite the patent lack of response . |
| 19 | He was getting back quicker than I thought because he is quite a tall guy , so I had to knock the stumps down as quickly as possible and the quickest way to get there was through the air — and I took it . ’ |
| 20 | His has digested well his disappointments this summer because he draws confidence from the knowledge that he has enjoyed so many wonderful moments that he is quite capable of flowering again . |
| 21 | He is quite batty . ’ |
| 22 | He is quite glad of the disturbances , especially as the intruder , a salesman , is played with admirable common man-ness by John Goodman . |
| 23 | Tying them by the leg with a string about 4 or 5 feet long fastened to the ground , and , when he is made to stand fair , a great ignorant merciless fellow at a distance agreed upon and at two pence three throws , flings a ‘ scail ’ at him till he is quite dead . |
| 24 | ‘ Bishop Peter is a very unusual person to be a bishop because he is quite unconventional . |
| 25 | These are quite separate issues , and although it may be administratively convenient for the inspector to designate the interest on the MIRAS loan only as tax deductible for 1990/91 because the original loan was £30,000 , he is quite wrong . |
| 26 | He is quite decided that it is important that we all go to the one service although I feel that if we covered both services then we would not miss out on anything . |
| 27 | ‘ Oh , he positively adores her , mama — he is quite enchanted with her . |
| 28 | He is quite frank about this . |
| 29 | As she prepared to mount her bicycle to return home after the delivery , the proud father called out , ‘ If you see Humphrey , do n't be frightened , he is quite harmless . ’ |
| 30 | The worst kind of witness is the one who swears to a fact about which he is quite wrong though quite sincere , and absolutely refuses to be shaken . |