Example sentences of "[adv prt] for quite [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 But we kept this on for quite a number of years .
3 The company came in for quite a bit of stick with their new version of the Escort and if the Mondeo had not been well received they could have been in real trouble .
4 They have come in for quite a bit of stick , particularly when they 've been dealing with rape cases .
5 ‘ She 'll be in for quite a shock on her wedding night , poor little kid . ’
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