Example sentences of "quite [det] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The eerie lights would hang in the air for quite some time then the mortars came over to burst at the edge of the wood . |
| 2 | Have n't heard anything for quite some time now . |
| 3 | They 'll often put up with dripping taps and wobbly shelves for quite some time before being motivated to fix them . |
| 4 | It was quite some time since I had last played and , inhaling huge lungfuls of air as I did so , I looked forward keenly to demolishing my opponent with my supra-sonic service , my cunning topspins , bottomspins , sidespins , every-this-and-thatspins . |
| 5 | ‘ I think you 'll find them around for quite some time ’ . |
| 6 | The girl 's eyes did not at first stray in my direction so I was able in safety to look at her , to examine her , for quite some time . |
| 7 | It had been prepared for quite some time and the brunt of it was against the Serbs , ’ said Col Jovanovic . |
| 8 | For quite some time he lived with the expectation that he was going to die . |
| 9 | The excess will remain in the buyer 's warehouse for quite some time , tying up his capital and his storage space . |
| 10 | I do n't think he lay down for quite some time though as he never had any shavings in his mane or tail for weeks but at least he could move about and that relieved quite a few of his problems . |
| 11 | ‘ Before we appoint a new assistant , we interview them for quite some time . |
| 12 | For quite some time I thought that bunsen was something that the burners burnt . |
| 13 | Mid-June finds you thinking of changing your place of residence and by July you 're going to be happier than you have been in quite some time ! |
| 14 | He seemed likely to be doing it for quite some time to come as , rather than actually having an election , it is more a case of finding someone willing to take on the job . |
| 15 | ‘ It is quite some time now since I last wrote to you , but both my wife Joan and I have been busy putting on shows for the Children 's Rescue Society , The Family Rainbow Trust , old people 's homes and Guide Dogs for the Blind , etc . |
| 16 | From the mid-'50s , where we 've been for quite some time , we 're suddenly into the '60s , 1961 in fact , and a finger-picked instrumental written by Chet Atkins , entitled Trambone . |
| 17 | So Megadeth fans can expect to see this line-up staying together for quite some time ? |
| 18 | This bass part contains some relatively complex syncopated sixteenth note patterns , and you may find it takes quite some time to get these parts to settle . |
| 19 | It 's not the most efficient of systems , so Mr Nabakov has been considering a move over to a suitable ledger system for quite some time , and is in the process of introducing Platinum , a US package recently released in Britain ( see suppliers panel ) . |
| 20 | This saga has gone on for quite some time . |
| 21 | 3.10:TOP weight Shoon Wind has not shown his best form for quite some time , while recent Sedgefield second Galadine is nothing special . |
| 22 | ( I learned from this experience that rigor mortis takes much longer to set in than I had supposed ; quite some time , in fact . ) |
| 23 | ‘ I have a feeling you have begun something that will keep you busy for quite some time to come . ’ |
| 24 | Judging the competition has taken quite some time and was no easy matter . |
| 25 | It was brought to her before I really got to know her , but it was with her for quite some time . |
| 26 | The shock waves caused by the resignation of ALAN PHILLIPS as Cardiff coach could be rippling around the Arms Park for quite some time . |
| 27 | Luckily the main guy was able to call me and we discussed it for quite some time . ’ |
| 28 | But you have , and in some style and quite some time before I arrived . |
| 29 | ‘ As you had all this figured out quite some time , I suspect , before I left Rome , why did n't you send those signals yourself ? ’ |
| 30 | I have the feeling that it 's going to take us quite some time to figure this out . |