quite a while

I talked with him for quite a while. I did not like him, though .

After he left, she had to practice on her own for quite a while.

21. You've been with your current employer quite a while. Why haven't you advanced with him?

He is on a rolling contract for a year but seriously I've not discussed this issue with him for quite a while.

But I used to work in Turkey where men put their arms round you, hold on to your hand for quite a while and kiss as a greeting.

An old man picked up, looks at carefully awakens suddenly quite a while, overtakes said: The girl, this be ultra-thin is easy to fall!

"I haven't read new books from mainland writers for quite a while, " he said, a hint of regret in his tone.

Father looked doubtfully at me for quite a while. Then he turned and went back to his room.

Kernel compilation may take quite a while, depending on the power of your machine.

I gave him the definition is to not bitter life, must be bitter this for quite a while.

The subway was delayed for quite a while, or rather for a whole quarter of an hour.

Thank you for saying so. By the way , how is Mr. Morgan? I haven't seen him for quite a while.

The governor found out there had been a whispering campaign against him for quite a while.

It will not be the end of the world, at least not far quite a while yet, but the world will slowly become a different place.

I had been struggling with a few concepts for matte paintings for quite a while.

On his way home yesterday, he met an old friend and stopped to talk with him for quite a while.

ML: OSGi has been around for quite a while, but it's only recently that it seems to have received a lot of attention.

AOL bought ICQ in 1998 for $287 million, but the company has been trying to sell ICQ for quite a while.

I don't know how much better it gets because I'm still in the middle of this and I still have some days where I feel bad for quite a while.

Uncle and Aunt: I haven't contacted with you for quite a while, How's everything going ?

I remember , quite a while ago , that in engineering classes among the best, brightest and hardest working students were - the Chinese .

I couldn't be able to write my own network diary though i tried for quite a while . Finally i can write my own mood tonight.

Yes, I live here with his sister and she said that she saw him there, quite a while ago.

She was looking around for quite a while, then she came back slowly with tears on her face.

Just a warning though, doing an SNMP walk of the whole . iso tree can take quite a while, so you might want to just take my word for it.

And it seems to go on and will go on for quite a while.

Photo Tip: You may have to spend quite a while with your subjects, following alongside them, to get that perfect shot.

I know it's time for you to tell us the secret you've kept secret for quite a while.

We have been trying to negotiate with Bayern Munich for quite a while now, but it's hit a bit of a deadlock.

Outside the house is a stranger, and I have kept an eye on him for quite a while.

Diversity training has existed for quite a while in some form or another, although different labels were used to refer to it.

It took quite a while, but when the project was made public, it was documented well enough to appeal to numerous developers.

While robots have been around for quite a while, this year saw several mass production household robots roll off the line.

He would be fine for quite a while, but would then fall suddenly ill and have to be admitted to the hospital.

I heard about him quite a while ago because he has been a regular in the Auxerre team for a few years now.

I should say the uranium-lead dating has been range for quite a while. But there have been a quite refine them.

All this organizing kept us busy for a quite a while.

"Contribution to world growth matters more than size. From that point of view, China passed Japan quite a while ago, " she said.

However it happens, the US and China are going to be in bed together for quite a while.

How much longer we'll have enough energy to stay on here is anybody's guess -- perhaps for quite a while, perhaps not.

My nephew particularly wanted to take my son's toy for his own. He nagged for quite a while, but my son still remained unmoved.

After Nigel left his academic post and went into business, it took him quite a while adjust to the rat race.

Often, however, the business model needs as much rapid development as the feature set, and can take quite a while to emerge.

The boy had not finished even though he had been writing for quite a while, so his father went to hurry him up.

I've been working in the electronics industry for quite a while, but I feel I need to broaden my knowledge and skills.

Lady: Oh, speaking of a kind devil, he finally decided on a name for his shop. It took him quite a while to pick one. Wanna know the name?

spokesmen explain. But they acknowledge that it took quite a while to spread the new image to the whole range of Betty Crocker products.

I've got so into the game that they haven't seen me for quite a while on beta-testers forum.

The Japanese have had dual-camera phones with live video streaming for quite a while now.

Slowly comes, but I discovered some people join a production team, I waited quite a while, hasn't how turned to me!

I'm sorry, sir. I'm afraid this dish takes quite a while to prepare. Would you mind waiting a bit longer?

Dearest Seraphin; I have spent quite a while this morning trying to find the post-office which simply WASN'T THERE in the usual place.

The mechanisms for objectively evaluating code quality have been around for quite a while, it's just that most developers ignore them.

It's been quite a while since we last met, nice to see you again.

Looking at the granny for quite a while, Qiuqiu's grandma raised her stiff hand, pointing to her.

But the girl was relaxed and independent as he was; therefore, it took quite a while for their relationship to reach that place.

The deal was I had to deliver you. They'd been on to you for quite a while.

I've been walking for quite a while and can't seem to find it .

Quite a while later, she experienced significant swelling in the abdominal area are returned to the hospital.

"Our U. K. business has been on fire for quite a while now, " Ahrendts said in an interview late yesterday at London Fashion Week.

But it was known for quite a while that the orbit of Mercury deviates from Newton's laws of motion.

The Brazilian could be out for quite a while. . .

I'm not 100 per cent match fit yet because it had been quite a while since I had last played.

There's this awkward space in the dining room between the two radiators that I couldn't figure out what to do with for quite a while.

If somebody knows quite a lot about those things, it takes you quite a while to find out whether they're really stupid or not.

Historically, the same top 10 sites have been fixed in their positions, so this shift represents the first big change in quite a while.

I'm afraid this dish takes quite a while (about 20 minutes) to prepare. Would you mind waiting a bit longer?

People are starting to accept the fact that I'm growing up. It's taking quite a while. But now I have got older as they really are.

It has been quite a while since the world last heard some good news on oil prices.

Human population is going up; it's going to continue for quite a while.

"You could be here quite a while, " I suggested.

It took Cindy quite a while to catch on to what Bill was stating.

Quite a while ago Clayton Christensen of Harvard has mainstreamed the term "disruptive innovations" .

Because this build will take quite a while, go get a coffee or code some XHTML on another computer.

i've been alone for quite a while now, and you know what?

systems attached to extensive networks can take quite a while to search for activation files on all available drives .

I think most people recognise Fletcher as a big-game player, but we've been aware of that for quite a while.

They know that debts have to be repaid, and that the going will be tough for quite a while.

Probably A. Serafimovich's personal archive contains such documents; he studied the problem for quite a while.

Vernon God Little left me feeling dazed and stunned - I haven't felt so moved by a book in quite a while.

By then I'd been talking to James for quite a while, and to my surprise, the subject of clustering hadn't even come up.

Someone want play taxi turn around, let that has not seen the taxi even for quite a while.

If a new mutation appears, however, it will take quite a while for that thorough mixing to happen.

They look at each other affectively . During this time, phone rings. It lasts for quite a while till Francesca reaches for it.

Mr. Jones: That's quite a while. Let's make it the week after you get back, then.

Still less than quite a while , know three four beautiful younger sister quickly , with whom they have a chat extremely .

I remember playing against Andy for the youth team and then the reserves which is quite a while back now.

Numerous smaller access providers have been doing so for quite a while.

No, apparently they've been off-again for a while. For quite a while.

He is great at home or in places he knows, but around new kids, people, and situations he shuts down for quite a while.

He is great at home or in places he knows, but around new kids, people, and situations he shuts down for quite a while.

Interest rates should be cut to bottom levels and the ECB should pledge to keep them low for quite a while.

Well, don' t want to disappoint you but Mister George stopped working here quite a while ago. What was it about?

The adventure had been planned for quite a while.

This can take quite a while to download, as several versions of Android are currently available.

Han Jia, it's been quite a while since we came out.

In any event, as things stand, the amiable but tired Mr Abbas may be around for quite a while yet.

I should say, ULD has been around for quite a while but there have been some recent refinements.

accustom sth to sth It takes quite a while to accustom ourselves to the special climate there.

So it took me quite a while to realize I just wasn't like the people there .

For the China market, the country's advantage in human capital will continue for quite a while.

I've been following this change for quite a while now, and participating in it.

Recently, I realized that I'm not very lonely and haven't been for quite a while.

Chen : Exactly, and apparently it was broken for quite a while.

IF YOU have not gone shopping for a new television set for quite a while, enough has changed to require some serious thought.

I have a feeling that it will be quite a while before further instructions are given about this.

eg: James Watt watched a steaming kettle for quite a while, which rather annoyed his aunt.

I puzzled over the question for quite a while.

But I don't think we will know exactly what will be the final outcome for quite a while yet.

I had to wait quite a while before I realized it simply meant studying behavior.

Sure . But you had to wear the brace quite a while each day , right ?

'We've had a problem in the mid-sized group for quite a while, ' said Phil Gardner, director of research at CERI and the study's author.

The sailor got down quite a while, the father also on the stage, I ran flag Taiwan to look for the father.

The National Day comes again. But I don't know what to do. Always packed with stuff, I haven't been outing for quite a while.

I know Madonna introduced this quite a while ago but this peculiar fashion trend is showing up on the runway and the streets now.

"I feed a split meal and have done so for quite a while, " said Reg.

Watt watched a steaming kettle for quite a while, which rather annoyed his aunt.

I've been here for quite a while, waiting for you.

Note that at first it may appear that something's gone horribly wrong. No output will appear for quite a while.

He's trained for quite a while now but because it was a hand injury, you don't take any chances.

She affected embarrassment FOR quite a while beFORe she spoke.

Hi, Mike. Even surfing the net quite a while. What are on earth you searching for?

Her knee has been troublesome for quite a while , and she may need an operation on it .

We looked at each other without blinking for quite a while, and it never lost its height and its fierce dignity.

Because the Taoists plan to be around for quite a while longer, continuing their sacred cosmic dance that transcend time and space.

I've been at the club quite a while now, so I know many faces and understand the way certain things work.

For quite a while, he was so fascinated by the spiritual songs that he listened to them for several weeks without getting bored.

I've been alone for quite a while now, and you know what? It's hard.

It took me quite a while to fill out the questionnaire.

He stayed with the doctor quite a while.

Haven't blogger for quite a while. Seems like I've been hibernating.

He stumbled, fell onto the ground and needed quite a while to pick himself up.

I am fond of basketball, and play for quite a while on the court every afternoon.

I have not heard quite a while, so emotional conversation. And the one hour was barely enough for an exchange of views.

I'm not quite sure if everyone got the chance to receive this story through emails circulating for quite a while now.

We haven't all gone out together for quite a while. Let's go for dinner.

Half a mile an hour! Dinner won't be coming for quite a while!

It took him quite a while to penetrate the coded message.

Poker has been on television for quite a while; CBS, an American network, broadcast the World Series of Poker in 1978.

i listened for quite a while, but heard nothing.

She remained standing for quite a while.

hello i havent written to you in quite a while and i was wondering how life is like over there in China.

I have suspected it quite a while now. At the end of the Everton game I was convinced.

It took us quite a while to sort out all our luggage.

Good morning Moraine, it has been quite a while since I have head from you.

We have worked with Apple for quite a while.

It took quite a while to sort out all our luggage.

It took me quite a while to solve this problem.

I'm afraid duck takes quite a while to prepare.

Oh, that takes quite a while to prepare.

This dish takes quite a while to prepare , about 30 minutes.

Her knee has been troublesome for quite a while.

It's been quite a while since we saw a movie together.

This system of trading services with each other has been with us for quite a while.

The postman came quite a while ago.

I have known for quite a while that the best way to visualise your desires is when you are completely relaxed.

Molly waited for quite a while.

Madam, you have been wandering here for quite a while.

We are sad today, and we will be sad for quite a while. We are not moving on. We are embracing our mourning. We are Virginia Tech.

There are only two kinds of Western banks that are big in developing countries, and both have been at it for quite a while.

I've waited here quite a while.

It took quite a while, but the worst part was getting numbed. They had to give me 3 shoots.

The tricycle vehicle I looked have not known any sign quite a while, the initial cost: 80 Yuan.

Take you quite a while, won't it?

It took him quite a while to recall who I was.

It has at one time been quite a while since last cwase here.

Then my husband came home and tried for quite a while but did not have any luck either.

For many people, summer started quite a while ago.

Now this is something that's been known for quite a while.

I have been here quite a while .

After all, when one seeds a lawn, it can take quite a while to grow.

We hadn't seen each other for quite a while.

I believe that when you have kept a record of your thoughts for quite a while you'll have some fascinating reading on your hands.

You have been in the states for quite a while. What's your impression of this country?

You haven't written to your folks for quite a while, have you?

Kobe vs. LeBron. . . the on going debate of who is the better player has been going on for quite a while now.

It took quite a while to find a hotel.

It was quite a while since they had been to the theatre.

It was quite a while since they had been to the theatre , which she liked very much. she met her husband as they arranged.

You have a fresh look at something audiences haven't seen for quite a while.

A - That could be quite a while. What is it?

It take him quite a while to go to sleep last night.

My Company has been in the red for quite a while.

CHEN: I thought about coming back to Hong Kong for a long time. I've wanted to come back for quite a while now, so I'm actually quite happy.

We kept on eating and chatting for quite a while, thinking back at a great time in Japan.

There are three problems with this approach: you will have to put up with her laziness and incompetence for quite a while longer;

I bought this product quite a while ago, used it, didn't think much of it and it stayed at the back of the cupboard.

So there will be enough listings to keep Shanghai, Nasdaq, Hong Kong and Aim all busy for quite a while.

I have lived here for quite a while. Ten years!

How long have you been in Beijing? --Quite a while. About six months.

A user requested a report quite a while ago, but it's still not delivered to the user's inbox

After all we been through I was there for you for quite a while

You see she's been sick for quite a while

There it's dinner at home served with candle light And It's quite a while

Daniel, we've been learning for quite a while,

I've been looking around here for quite a while,

Haven't seen you in quite a while