Example sentences of "quite a [adj] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | HSBC chairman Sir William Purves said : ‘ Although economic growth in Asia was robust , the continuing recession in several of our major markets made 1992 quite a difficult year and resulted in a significant increase in the level of provisioning . |
| 2 | ‘ Although economic growth in Asia was robust , the continuing recession in several of our major markets made 1992 quite a difficult year , and resulted in a significant increase in the level of provisioning . ’ |
| 3 | Quite a few years ago now I was at a Family Service on an Advent Sunday , and the young curate began his talk with a question addressed to the children . |
| 4 | ‘ Those men are his friends of quite a few years … ’ |
| 5 | I believe that I will always remember it , even though it was quite a few years ago and even though it has recurred quite a few times since . |
| 6 | We went with Alec for quite a few years , and sometimes Mother would come too . |
| 7 | ‘ Oh , one day , quite a few years ago ’ — Kalchu 's tone was flat with resignation — ‘ the Bazaar police came , issuing orders that from now on all firearms must be licensed . |
| 8 | Gladys Brown and her husband came to number ten quite a few years after we moved in . |
| 9 | I got the impression that Uncle Phil lived with Meli for quite a few years in in Brighton for a couple of years before she died . |
| 10 | Hayes Machine Knitting Club has been running for quite a few years now and welcomes new members . |
| 11 | It took me quite a few years to realize that my timing was terrible — the repercussions of being born then were enormous . |
| 12 | And , of course , he 's so revered for this sleight-of-hand that he 's constructed a two and a half hour show to appeal mainly to his legions of cultish disciples who 've been waiting quite a few years for him to make sense again . |
| 13 | Right erm now that 's understandable er even , even members who get stuff posted directly such as , you know , we 've had a direct mailing system for quite a few years now , when you meet them you say what about I do n't know what you 're talking about ? |
| 14 | I 've been a carer for quite a few years now , until recently , when my grandmother died . |
| 15 | Quite a few years . |
| 16 | ‘ Quite a few years . |
| 17 | And er that was quite a few years ago , about the conditions and on tea estates , and er er that was partly why we switched mostly to Kenyan tea I think after that . |
| 18 | been quite a few years she 's been |
| 19 | I went to listen to him at the methodist church at er Newark about Oh quite a few years when |
| 20 | I had worked as an assistant in Mothercare for quite a few years , so I took out a discount card with them when I was pregnant and I bought everything there at 20 per cent discount . |
| 21 | Dave said : ‘ I have been raising money for charities at Bidds for quite a few years . |
| 22 | Now I know she lives in the Nottingham area now although she 's been widowed quite a few years . |
| 23 | Now that many good leasehold titles are quite a few years old , however , this might well be the time to apply to the Registry to convert a good leasehold to an absolute title . |
| 24 | but all of which are gone and we 've replaced them with these since many , you know , quite a few years ago , er we bought one utility suite from an engineer who was going to Rhodesia and that 's in our second bedroom still it 's , well the bed is but the |
| 25 | ‘ Nelson , I 'm older than you , by quite a few years . ’ |
| 26 | As the appliances will be used for quite a few years , perhaps under changing circumstances as couples have children , it 's important to look ahead and not just buy the cheapest model to save a few pounds . |
| 27 | To be fair most of us were P C's for quite a few years without radios and we worked out extremely well did n't we , without those radios |
| 28 | I mean to our children , although they 've been away from Butchwana for quite a few years now it 's still home |
| 29 | I remember Kerry , quite a few years going to er |
| 30 | Quite a few years . |