Example sentences of "for quite some time " in BNC.
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| 31 | In his attempt to construct a model of the molecule , given the valencies of these two elements , there was no obvious way that the twelve atoms could be arranged into a conventional chain , and he had been wrestling with the problem for quite some time . |
| 32 | And he looks like remaining the only two- and four-wheeled world champion for quite some time … unless Joey Dunlop , Eddie Lawson or Wayne Gardner have other ideas ! |
| 33 | Having talked for quite some time about his own maturation as a screenplay writer , Sixsmith said , ‘ Now . |
| 34 | Tt er well we had like I I say , we w we were i we were in the hands we were in the hands of the er Italian army , the er regular army from Italy , we were in their hands er for quite some time . |
| 35 | He 's been sporting those flares of his for quite some time and now everyone is into them . |
| 36 | It 's been happening all over the world for quite some time . ’ |
| 37 | The Darkfall storm had been building for quite some time , generating itself , growing stronger . |
| 38 | Cinderella mutated from rinsedella to rinse-a-leader and denser-liar , nitron became non-try , even trianon , U.V.I. kept changing into I-view-you , and synthetic fibre had long completed its various transitions from fetid cider to fist ethic neighbour and finally to thigh fetish sabre , where it looked like getting stuck for quite some time . |
| 39 | The view that certain types of fiction occupy a mediatory position between the ‘ reality ’ of a cultural heritage and contemporary ‘ true ’ accounts of it elevates these texts to a status which the novel has not held for quite some time . |
| 40 | As competitors and spectators sat in the sunshine on the Royal Canoe Club 's lawn at the finish , slowly unwinding and chatting to friends , some of whom had not been seen for quite some time , the atmosphere was a mixture of international competition and relaxed gentility . |
| 41 | On the other hand , there are some sufferers from addictive disease — Particularly cocaine users — who may for quite some time be highly respectable and law-abiding and thereby wrongly assume that they are not addicted . |
| 42 | That stopped Jessamy saying anything for quite some time , because it was a frighteningly accurate description of how her life had been since their break-up . |
| 43 | The room , reached this time from the veranda , was just as lovely as she had remembered , and after folding some clothes neatly in drawers and hanging the rest on satin-padded hangers in the wardrobe she fussed for quite some time with the scanty collection of knick-knacks she had brought , trying to arrange them so that they harmonised with the tranquil simplicity of the décor . |
| 44 | ‘ Something I 've been wanting to do for quite some time . |
| 45 | Atomstyle has been supplying the various bits for building PCs to dealers for quite some time by now , and so the cases and motherboards it supplies fit together really well . |
| 46 | It is not an expensive piece of kit by anyone 's standards , but mine has given sterling service for quite some time , and there 's another one in the cupboard waiting its turn to get plugged in when I 've killed the one on my machine . |
| 47 | Writing on a touch sensitive computer screen with a ‘ stylus ’ just like using a pen and paper has been possible for quite some time now . |
| 48 | Disk Compression/doubling — there have been rumours flying around about this facility for quite some time . |
| 49 | For quite some time , west Yorkshire Sales Manager Bob Walder has been known for his claim continually to hit targets . |
| 50 | Numbers 420 and 427 have not been used for quite some time and will be sold by the MOD as surplus to requirements , perhaps to be purchased by some preserved railway ? |
| 51 | It was also stated that a ‘ scam ’ had been running for quite some time prior to the defendants ' involvement . |
| 52 | SAAB has produced the first pictures of its first new car for quite some time , the new-look 900 . |
| 53 | ‘ Actually , I 'd been hanging around the street for quite some time . |
| 54 | Those are the Saw Doctors interesting this about the Saw Doctors is one of them won the lottery in Ireland I do n't they have a lottery we 're go when are we going to get a national lottery that 's what I want to know when are we going to get it a national next year we 're going to get a national lottery that 's right and one of the Saw Doctors won the national lottery and he won three quarters of a million pounds er and they have n't made much money the Saw Doctors but he won three quarters of a million pounds so that have n't worked for quite some time but they are back on the scene as I speak and er they really if if they er come to York they 're certainly worth seeing . |
| 55 | Erm secondly , I 'm not a statistician , I am unable to comment about all the technicalities of the the various assumptions that go into things but some of the people sitting around this table will know that I 've been in Yorkshire and Humberside for quite some time . |
| 56 | They had stood talking for quite some time , each of them perhaps slightly the worse for wear , and then she had invited him up to her North Oxford home for a night-cap . |
| 57 | If they 've been with us for quite some time there are always ways we can enhance people 's skills are n't there ? |
| 58 | Yes I think my socks garnished with holly and ivy will last me for quite some time ! ! |
| 59 | We understand that was de-mob happy for quite some time and erm I know he 's been disappointed recently with the Tories losing control of the local Council down down in the happy glades down South but the pink gin and pink knickers approach of Councillor is becoming a joke . |
| 60 | I 'm actually concerned that if we , did anybody know about this issue earlier on because I think this has been going on for quite some time erm probably over the last two years and if anyone did know then why did n't they address it before and if anyone did n't know , why not ? |