Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] [be] quite " in BNC.
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1 | He obviously had never heard of the Order of Merit or I am quite sure he would have mentioned it at that time . |
2 | Yeah , you 're quite right , or he 's quite right . |
3 | Even if neither we nor they were quite clued up enough to realise that Jethro Tull was a group and not the inventor of the seed drill ! |
4 | And I am quite prepared to pay whatever he owes her . |
5 | I am disappointed , he told himself , and I am quite trapped in it . |
6 | Pat is very good at recognising wild flowers and I am quite good at map reading , so between us we manage well enough . |
7 | I do not believe Jenkins had any such ambition , and I am quite sure that it was not within his nature to take any active steps to intrigue , but Harold Wilson did believe — and conscientiously so — that such intrigues were taking place . |
8 | Of course , the Scottish Office runs a number of public information campaigns and I am quite sure that the hon. Gentleman would want us to do that to encourage the improvement of health in various ways . |
9 | The manner in which the security forces in Northern Ireland conduct themselves commands the admiration of all , and I am quite certain that the hon. Gentleman did not intend to impute any lack of commitment to them . |
10 | I think there 's no doubt at all that erm from a Conservative point of view I actually believe that schools , under their heads , know best , and I am quite happy to trust schools with a budget of money which will enable them to buy in the specific needs that their school requires . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | Dad and I are quite good friends , but I think I 'm a severe disappointment to my mother . |
13 | ‘ In fact , both my wife and I are quite overcome by all your kindness . ’ |
14 | Also — and I 'm quite prepared to admit this — because of all the problems I was having trying to find work , just at that moment I really did n't want the bother of hunting for a new home . |
15 | ‘ Thank you , Elizabeth , but I have already proposed to Sarah , and I 'm quite happy about it . ’ |
16 | ‘ And I 'm quite certain that the series of injuries was no more than an unfortunate set of coincidences . ’ |
17 | ‘ I just have very specific ideas , and I 'm quite forceful about them . |
18 | There have to be some standards but a track record is more important than spending three weekends away being taught something you already know , and I 'm quite happy to stand or fall on my personal record . |
19 | And their nearest refuelling point would be the Azores and I 'm quite certain no fighter could fly the close on two thousand miles they 'd have to travel to get there . |
20 | If anybody has any absolutely yes I 'll be quite happy I mean to me chairman of the trust or with management committee to meet anybody if they feel that they 've got some concern they wish to discuss I 'm quite happy to do that all I can say is that nobody has actually wro wro wrote to me or rang me to say they 'd like to meet to discuss that and I 'm quite happy to do that . |
21 | ‘ And I 'm quite proud we are making our mark in the depths of recession — you name an outlet , we 've done work for it . ’ |
22 | and I 'm quite keen to sort of have that |
23 | I 've been upset and I 'm quite alone in Waldron City . |
24 | I 've been on it for over three years and I 'm quite concerned about some of the things I 've heard tonight and I 'm going to make an appointment |
25 | he 's erm twenty three at the moment , I 've got arthritis , sometimes I 'm in a wheelchair , sometimes I 'm alright , and he says do n't worry mum I 'm there to push you around and I 'm quite heavy ! |
26 | I 'm not so old , and nor so plain , And I 'm quite prepared to marry again . |
27 | And and I 'm quite sure that many of the people erm living in the flats , never had anything new . |
28 | Er and I 'm quite sure there 'll be quite a bit of change to many of our procedures . |
29 | I 'm sure your company is suffering from your absence , and I 'm quite capable of sightseeing on my own . ’ |
30 | Er Mr also commented om the er consideration of the er emerging alteration and increase in Selby District 's allocation from ten thousand to eleven and a half thousand dwellings erm and I would like to assure him now that we have completed out local plan studies , we are in the process of fine tuning them and and I 'm quite confident that we will be able to accommodate the eleven and a half thousand dwellings . |