Example sentences of "[prep] quite [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | There had been no other woman in his life for quite a time . |
| 2 | Like Krakatoa , Mt Pelee had been active for quite a time before disaster struck . |
| 3 | That was all he could say for quite a time ; but when he had recovered his confidence he said a lot more , all of it expressing gratitude to Sheila for her quick thinking and great pluck and shame for his own and Chuck 's roughness with her earlier . |
| 4 | And then again , if I 've been shut away in the Prison of Hostages , I expect I 've been away for quite a time . |
| 5 | And he wo n't be sleeping again for quite a time . " |
| 6 | So I stood by the vice for quite a time and then I went to pick something up , turned round , told you , you do that you 'll do nothing else . |
| 7 | This courtesy , tenderly performed , seemed right out of place to me , but it went down okay with Mrs Davis , who peered up at Fielding for quite a time before she said , |
| 8 | UTOPIA : It 's been around for quite a time . |