Example sentences of "quite [art] while [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think he once did say to me that he was very disturbed at how much ‘ coke ’ David was doing and that it had got to the point where he did n't hide it from deFries , whereas he did for quite a while at first . |
| 2 | It took quite a while for the tears to cease . |
| 3 | This is hard , since on a busy day you will sometimes have to wait quite a while for the waiter to take your order or for the arrival of the food . |
| 4 | It has taken me quite a while to be able to do that . |
| 5 | He continued to ask visitors for quite a while about their fainting habits . |
| 6 | He hummed and hawed for quite a while about it , but in the end I asked him if you were getting any visitors , and if not , I said , must n't you be feeling pretty lonely , and that did it . |
| 7 | The Davidsons ' publicist Clifford Elson said last night : ‘ Jim 's going away for quite a while over Christmas which will give the situation a chance to defuse . |
| 8 | The brown headed ones were tough and could stand any amount of thrashing and the head would hang on quite a while by a mere thread . |
| 9 | Do you like to know where , for quite a while in advance what you 're going to sing then ? |
| 10 | But it was quite a while before her heartbeat returned to normal and she began to feel calm again . |
| 11 | Use a fake tan — a tan foundation or tinted moisturiser will make your face look more glowing for quite a while after your holiday . |