Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] quite [art] long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | I remember when Mike and Robin went into their flats I spent quite a long time with them |
| 3 | Charles Wood and I worked quite a long time to explore the framework of The Knack and take away a lot of the theatrical implications . |
| 4 | This was something she had never even heard of , so we spent quite a long time discussing hypnosis , regression and how the techniques could be applied to her situation . |
| 5 | We spent quite a long time sorting out this problem in the electrostatic case , and we need not repeat the argument here . |
| 6 | Kestrels are very prone to tail damage — they have quite a long tail for the size of the bird and in training a leash rubbing against it can snap feathers . |
| 7 | Erm something they tell you throughout the , it takes quite a long time . |
| 8 | it seems quite a long time |
| 9 | It took quite a long time to climb up to his preferred perch on the monster , even using the bits of wood and string he 'd painstakingly tied to it … him . |
| 10 | He had quite a long way to walk to the bridge , but there was plenty of time ; he had taken the trouble to find out the train times and he had worked out at what time the train would arrive at the bridge — about 9pm — so he enjoyed his walk . |