Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] for quite " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | That went on for quite a long time |
| 3 | The Factor named a price , Antinou countered and so it went on for quite a while . |
| 4 | This went on for quite a while before it spoke again . |
| 5 | But this was this big case was on you know , and it went on A big lawsuit it went on for quite a while . |
| 6 | oh I 've had a bit of a day or erm ooh , whatever it is , and erm I said to myself I am making allowances for being tired and getting , getting on a bit , you know , and that went on for quite a while actually until I said to myself I 'm making up allowances you know , I 'm |
| 7 | 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 . |