Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] quite a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and , and if she 's already scared of his temper and they 've not even lived together , well they have lived together for quite a while actually so I mean it 's not like they do n't know each other but once they 're married and they 've been married for a couple of years I reckon , and he starts thinking of her more as a possession sort of thing I can , I can really imagine |
| 2 | The Davidsons ' publicist Clifford Elson said last night : ‘ Jim 's going away for quite a while over Christmas which will give the situation a chance to defuse . |
| 3 | ‘ But you must realise that Stella could be away for quite a period — especially if her appendix is to be removed . ’ |
| 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 | I recall the time when Daddy , had been very ill with pernicious anaemia and had to stay indoors for quite a while . |
| 6 | ‘ The rules are loose , ’ a WWF spokeman said , ‘ you can get away with quite a lot . |
| 7 | I think I got away with quite a lot , considering . |
| 8 | We are already at quite a distance from the original simple idea of government by the people . |
| 9 | I used to take them home on quite a number of occasions if I 'd known that they lived in the immediate vicinity . |
| 10 | The clock face is painted white and so stands out clearly from quite a distance , allowing the time to be easily read . |
| 11 | Most shares change in price most days — usually by very little and only infrequently by quite a lot , and then very rarely by a huge amount , say 50 per cent or more . |
| 12 | The patient may have enjoyed gardening before his stroke or head injury , and it is an activity he can return to even with quite a degree of disability . |
| 13 | I stay there for quite a while , until I get real good and warm . |
| 14 | ‘ You 're going to have to have a fairly visible presence there for quite a while to put the authoritarian opponents on notice that we mean business . ’ |
| 15 | Liebermann , so Vincent had heard , had once established his base there for quite a while . |
| 16 | He sat there for quite a while , grinning at her , then looking away , then looking back and grinning at her again . |
| 17 | Yeah , it 's been there for quite a while . |
| 18 | So I erm , I erm , was put into the Royal Army Pay Corp and posted up to Barnet , North London and I was there for quite a while , we all transferred down to Winchester . |
| 19 | And he was there for quite a while . |
| 20 | And er he said it had been standing there for quite a while . |
| 21 | I stay there for quite a bit , looking round and that , till it gets light . |
| 22 | I sit there for quite a bit , hunched up on the pavement . |
| 23 | And er he was there for quite a number of years and then went to just for a few years , and came back to Galashiels to work with the same firm and then he started business on his own . |
| 24 | He did n't see her again for quite a while . |
| 25 | And he wo n't be sleeping again for quite a time . " |
| 26 | He talked freely about quite a number of subjects , but had not once broached the question of being sent ashore . |
| 27 | Now the tokens are actually worth quite a lot in in terms of consumer durables . |