Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] quite a few years " in BNC.
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1 | I mean to our children , although they 've been away from Butchwana for quite a few years now it 's still home |
2 | To be fair most of us were P C's for quite a few years without radios and we worked out extremely well did n't we , without those radios |
3 | It used to be in Bournemouth , they had it at Bournemouth for quite a few years . |
4 | I 've been a carer for quite a few years now , until recently , when my grandmother died . |
5 | I had worked as an assistant in Mothercare for quite a few years , so I took out a discount card with them when I was pregnant and I bought everything there at 20 per cent discount . |
6 | Pauline Dungate has been working in the church for quite a few years , and she knows the man who lives in the cemetery from time to time . |
7 | ‘ Those men are his friends of quite a few years … ’ |
8 | I think I 've sat is those auditorium seats in the same format for quite a few years now . |
9 | Right erm now that 's understandable er even , even members who get stuff posted directly such as , you know , we 've had a direct mailing system for quite a few years now , when you meet them you say what about I do n't know what you 're talking about ? |
10 | We went with Alec for quite a few years , and sometimes Mother would come too . |
11 | Dave said : ‘ I have been raising money for charities at Bidds for quite a few years . |