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

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1 The Quix supermarket had refused the box because they 'd ha although they 'd had it for a cert for quite a long time during the miner 's strike I think .
2 I mean he was married for quite a long time to her apparently .
3 I remember when Mike and Robin went into their flats I spent quite a long time with them
4 But it 'll take quite a long time for them to go though .
5 If you plant a crop , it 's quite a long time before it
6 It came to light that er a great many of the members , a great many of the people who talked about their early experiences reported some sort of abusive experience , either y'know er quite a short one that went on over many many years you know that er if it was some relative or friend of the family they were likely to have been abused for quite a long time in some cases .
7 Thank you Mr Mayor erm a week is a quite a long time in housing but er er
8 erm for people who are getting information from various centres , yes , they would have known erm quite a long time in advance .
9 The activity was sustained for quite a long time by pupils who , according to their label , have difficulty sustaining anything .
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