TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «QUITE A»
The term «quite a» is very widely used and occupies the
7.456 position in our list of most widely used terms in the
English dictionary.
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10 QUOTES WITH «QUITE A»
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quite a.
I have a buddy of mine who's a musician, and I play guitar and sing quite a bit with him.
I know quite a few eco designers who build dresses out of old couture gowns. They disassemble, 'upcycle,' and reuse them in extraordinary ways. To me, that's a sustainable way of doing things.
Sculpture is like farming. If you just keep at it, you can get quite a lot done.
It was really tough as a kid going to a Braves game. It was a guaranteed loss. You're looking at 100 losses a year. I was a huge baseball fan, played it for quite a while. But when '91 happened, with Smoltz and Glavine, it turned around, and I will say it made it pretty sweet.
I was working for a Swedish TV show - I'm Swedish - who basically did kind of spectacular stories. It was almost like CBS '60 Minutes,' but a Swedish version where we actually did travel quite a lot. After a while, I realized that travel is the most fun part of this, so why not do it for a longer time and just go off and explore?
Being a Scotsman, I wear a skirt quite a lot, but we're allowed. I have an incredibly loud Hawaiian shirt that's pink and a particularly disgusting turquoise, but I just wear it on days when I'm in a strange mood.
The game against the Vikings back in my second year stands out. It was kind of a turnaround for us. It allowed us to make a run at the playoffs for the first time in quite a while. The memories are so many it's hard to pin one down.
Since the new film has been out, I'm doing quite a lot but then in July I will start doing things at home. I have to fix the house up, see the grandchildren and such.
I've been a swimmer and a diver for quite a while. It was something that I think I got too comfortable with, and I dove into my black-bottomed pool and hit the slope from the shallow end to the deep end. And I had a chin to chest paralyzing break.
With a track like 'White Christmas,' everybody has done that song in every format you can imagine, so I just looked at the chords at that particular song and what chords would make it work. That's kind of quite a sad song, and I had this idea of someone singing it in the subway, someone who is homeless, old and sad.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «QUITE A»
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quite a in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
quite a and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
He finds society's "perfect darlings" exceedingly boring. But there's something intriguing, and not quite perfect, about faultless Lady Charlotte Hayward.
The last person Bryony Asquith expects to visit her on the North-West Frontier of British India is Leo Marsden, the handsomest, most talented man she has ever met--not to mention, her husband before their marriage was quietly annulled three ...
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Quite a Teacher: Target Practice for Beginning Teachers
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Quite a Year for Plums:
A Novel
Heartbreakingly tender, often hilarious, Quite a Year for Plums is a delectable treat from a writer who has been called a national treasure. From the Trade Paperback edition.
This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com).
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Quite a Ride: An Alex Rider Story
A Penguin eSpecial from ...
But what should have been a fun, relaxing vacation on the south of France turns deadly. Alex will need to use all of his training to get out of this tight spot, because there’s more than just his life at stake in this nail-biting story.
Not Quite a LadyErica AndersonIndependent and unconventional, Indira disregards the rules of Regency society at every turn.
MORE THAN MAGIC… Beautiful and mysterious Lilly Tearwater was no lady.
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Quite a Mermaid: Mermaid Party
Electra, the nine-year old mermaid with legs instead of a tail is back and in search of even more adventure!
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Never Been Hit:
Quite a Story
The story and description of life on an operational base bang on . . . . . . attack sequences gut wrenching . . . . . . the gamut of death, destruction and loss of close friends made good and descriptive reading . . . . . . a lot more ...
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «QUITE A»
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quite a is used in the context of the following news items.
When 'You're So Skinny!' Isn't Quite a Compliment
I am a very skinny woman. I have always been thin, but over the last few years, I have lost a great deal of weight because of depression and stress. I am now on ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
Quite a Good Time to Be Born by David Lodge review – a top …
“I drew my first breath on the 28th January, 1935, which was quite a good ... The “quite” in the opening line of this memoir is characteristic – David Lodge has ... «The Guardian, Feb 15»
Quite a Good Time to Be Born: A Memoir 1935-1975 by David …
In the end, though, the genre to which Quite a Good Year to Be Born belongs – a ... in Birmingham University's senior common room quite as much solidarity as ... «The Guardian, Jan 15»
