Example sentences of "[verb] quite [art] long time " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 We spent quite a long time sorting out this problem in the electrostatic case , and we need not repeat the argument here .
3 I remember when Mike and Robin went into their flats I spent quite a long time with them
4 The feeding process takes quite a long time , depending of course on the sizes of the individuals concerned and various environmental factors , such as temperature ( see p. 303 ) .
5 Erm something they tell you throughout the , it takes quite a long time .
6 This takes quite a long time and slowly the boat turns around .
7 And er then it seems to keep quite a long time if er if you do that .
8 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 .
9 However , if a tank bottom with some peat and gravel or sand is provided it will establish well , but will take quite a long time .
10 We 'll have to see how she responds to treatment , but it may take quite a long time . ’
11 But it 'll take quite a long time for them to go though .
12 It 's gon na take quite a long time .
13 So it can take quite a long time to process applications to that point .
14 it seems quite a long time
15 Because if it had been painted , and the paint took quite a long time to dry and er if there was a speck of dust it remained there forever .
16 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 .
17 This is where some fault or other has manifested itself sufficiently to affect the flight , though the critical event might have happened quite a long time before and been ‘ cooking up ’ until the divergence took place .
18 The death grant has been finished quite a long time ago , but there was the death grant erm because I can remember you know this , people telling me about this .
19 We to put the decorations up in th in a s in a short time limit , the decorations take quite a long time to put up and as you know the decorations are erm are very famous er they 're nationally recognized .
20 You can use preservative-treated softwood , and if you also treat all the cut ends and joints with preservative , it should last quite a long time .
21 He was very interested in Jenna 's accident and stayed quite a long time .
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