Example sentences of "on for quite " in BNC.
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| 1 | This saga has gone on for quite some time . |
| 2 | That went on for quite a long time |
| 3 | The Factor named a price , Antinou countered and so it went on for quite a while . |
| 4 | But we kept this on for quite a number of years . |
| 5 | This went on for quite a while before it spoke again . |
| 6 | He 'd had to walk on for quite a bit after that and it was quite late in the day when it occurred to him that the villagers had probably been just having a joke with him and that they would no doubt be feeling anxious by then and starting to worry . |
| 7 | Efforts to find a suitable site for the Vintage & Rotary Wing Collection , with workshops in Stoke-on-Trent , have been going on for quite a while , but the reaction has always been negative — we even had the comment that ‘ We do n't want an aircraft scrapyard here ! ’ |
| 8 | I 'm actually concerned that if we , did anybody know about this issue earlier on because I think this has been going on for quite some time erm probably over the last two years and if anyone did know then why did n't they address it before and if anyone did n't know , why not ? |
| 9 | But this was this big case was on you know , and it went on A big lawsuit it went on for quite a while . |
| 10 | It 's going on for quite some time . |
| 11 | oh I 've had a bit of a day or erm ooh , whatever it is , and erm I said to myself I am making allowances for being tired and getting , getting on a bit , you know , and that went on for quite a while actually until I said to myself I 'm making up allowances you know , I 'm |