Example sentences of "and [verb] [conj] it was quite " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were , indeed , a sorry and sadly bedraggled lot , so covered in diesel and smoke that it was quite impossible to discriminate among them on the basis of age , sex or nationality . |
| 2 | Jenny begged him every day to change his mind , but he was a busy man and declared that it was quite out of the question and he wished to goodness Miss Clinton had never mentioned the subject of Brownies ! |
| 3 | It is important to hold on to our hats and remember that it was quite well reviewed at the time . |
| 4 | ‘ Hello , ’ she returned , and discovered that it was quite pleasant to bump into someone she knew . |
| 5 | It was obviously more than a weed or even a wild flower so I did a quick turn-round and decided that it was quite pretty with its two-tone yellow tubular flowers and ferny leaves . |
| 6 | We raced and splashed and it was quite easy and natural during one of these rowdy skirmishes simply to slip an arm through the water and put it around her waist . |