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 . |