Example sentences of "[det] [was/were] quite a " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was quite a journey since the guests were obliged to traverse a large anteroom , the room occupied by the Cent-Gardes on duty , plus several other large rooms before reaching their destination . |
| 2 | This was quite a normal thing at that time and neighbours would call to pay their last respects . |
| 3 | This was quite a good bargain for the monks , but it did not silence all their criticisms . |
| 4 | I thought this was quite a plus actually , because we were able to get away with murder during the beginning , in some ways doing things that on paper looked very expensive but in reality balanced out over the year we were scheduled . ’ |
| 5 | Well now this was quite a while . |
| 6 | Given Khoneinis constant Anti-American rhetoric , this was quite a success for the United States and it led Ambassador with the new regime . |
| 7 | This was quite a long passage for us , but we were lucky with the weather and made it in one leg . |
| 8 | So this was quite a mission which I believe has not been adequately covered in the history and was a forerunner of things to come and like I say we got through that mission without any damage , our gunners got to shoot at the first German fighters and we were an experienced crew with one mission under our belt . |
| 9 | She did not add that this was quite a relief amongst the Anglican priesthood . |
| 10 | As she 'd returned everything he 'd given her before he 'd left for Japan this was quite a surprise . |
| 11 | And his point was you know , this was quite a long dream , you know , th i the manifest content , the whole argument of the dream , took some time er and his objection was , how could Freud 's theory explain this ? |
| 12 | This was quite an achievement as there were many well-known archers at the meeting — the captain had arranged for the northern championship meeting to be held at the same venue on the three days prior to the Scorton shoot . |
| 13 | This was quite an accomplishment and the boss was very pleased . |
| 14 | This was quite an achievement for an organisation only a few months old . |
| 15 | Since the Province has a population larger than that of England , this means that this was quite an important personage roughly equivalent to the Minister for Higher Education in Britain . |
| 16 | Until public transport became an every day means of travel getting from one village to another was quite a problem . |
| 17 | The ore was taken down to the lake , boated down to Nibthwaite , carted from thence to Penny Bridge or Greenodd , ( the latter was quite a busy small port ) from where it was shipped to the Macclesfield Co's. smelters at Liverpool . |
| 18 | That was quite a relief too . |
| 19 | ‘ That was quite a place , ’ she enthused . |
| 20 | That was quite a revelation in those years of juvenilia . |
| 21 | Having been four-over par after his first three holes on Thursday , that was quite a recovery . |
| 22 | Even so , I noticed Rosie was doing it , and that was quite a sight too ! |
| 23 | Mouthed all the swear words I could think of — and that was quite a lot . |
| 24 | That was quite a coup , considering that EastEnders is a BBC programme . |
| 25 | I thought , ‘ This name looks good in print , ’ and that was quite a relief because Aspel is not a good name to pronounce — people always want to say Aspirin or Cesspool … . |
| 26 | That was quite a bang , literally — the sound of the explosion was heard thousands of miles away . |
| 27 | That was , thing is that was quite a long time ago . |
| 28 | ‘ THAT was quite a highlight for me . |
| 29 | That was quite a breakthrough in the recording of these works on period instruments , making me eager for many more discs of Haydn from him . |
| 30 | Please continue to send papers for any relevant meetings and an attempt will be made to respond to appropriate issues , if there is any specific topic you wish to be considered , please do not hesitate to get in touch so I thought that was quite a nice letter seeing as I practically read them all |