Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [prep] quite a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I 've been into this look for quite a while now , I know the rules .
2 So there 's a reciprocal relationship with quite a number of schools in this area of a rather novel and to us extremely helpful and rewarding kind .
3 I thought about this conversation for quite a while afterwards .
4 We struggled this year with quite a lot of helpers but few with any previous experience .
5 We stare at each other for quite a bit — me and this pigeon .
6 Besides , ’ added Penry with cunning strategy , ‘ if you turn me down we sha n't see each other for quite a while .
7 The new school suffered from a degree of excess capacity for quite a number of years : by 1894 the average attendance was 109 , Miss Harris acting as assistant mistress ; she was shortly replaced by Benjamin 's daughter , Minnie Titford , and they were joined by Miss Maud Reading , the infants ' mistress , as the average attendance rose to a hundred and twenty .
8 I 'm 15 years old and I 've been with my current boyfriend for quite a while .
9 I sit on that bench for quite a while — till it starts getting dark .
10 ‘ I suppose all the sorting out at the flat will take up the spare time for quite a while .
11 ‘ Not another doctor — I 'd had enough of THAT doctor for quite a bit . ’
12 Delegates are still addressed as brother , sister , or comrade , but this year there are electronic signs in the hall giving the speaker 's name — as there have been at the Conservative conference for quite a while .
13 ‘ Opinion polls may or may not turn out to be right at a later stage ’ ; ‘ Local authorities exceeded projected expenditure by quite a margin ’ ; ‘ When this campaign started some weeks ago ’ ; ‘ I concede the point , for I have stated it many times in the past . ’
14 This is going to be the last party for quite a bit . ’
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