Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] for quite [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | yeah , oh well I did for quite a while |
| 2 | I waited for quite a long time . |
| 3 | I was driving my car along an unlit street in Bristol , England : all of a sudden the two inner wheels of the car had left the road and I travelled for quite a few yards at an angle of 45 degrees , after which I landed with a large bump . |
| 4 | We walked for quite a long time and covered a good deal of ground . |
| 5 | It survived for quite a long time , until the accumulating ash had built up to such a thickness that its chain would no longer allow it to keep above the ash , and it died , its dreadful last moments clearly visible in its taut body , arched back and straining neck . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | She closed her eyes and kept them closed for quite a while , and when she opened them again it seemed as though she had gathered herself together . |