Example sentences of "[verb] quite [art] long [noun sg] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then Davey moved quite a long way away for his work and she hardly saw him . |
| 2 | Three to five years seems quite a long way forward in the current uncertain climate . |
| 3 | Right so there 's a thought that somehow democracy ought to be self-justifying erm the well I mean quite a long way actually two types of justification of democracy , instrumental and erm Mill is defending democracy surely instrumentally and we might want to say democracy has its justification of freedom and equality . |
| 4 | The death grant has been finished quite a long time ago , but there was the death grant erm because I can remember you know this , people telling me about this . |
| 5 | It was yeah they 'd come quite a long way actually . |
| 6 | M my parents live quite a long way away and erm y you 've got to you need the support of others . |
| 7 | In others the stick will have to move quite a long way forwards before the wing unstalls and the spin stops . |