Sentence examples of "for quite a while" in English

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He's been waiting here for quite a while. Ha estado esperando aquí durante un buen rato.
He's already been in the toilet for quite a while. Él ya lleva demasiado tiempo en el baño.
Growing this thick mustache has taken me quite a while. Me ha llevado mucho tiempo cultivar este espeso bigote.
Tom managed a small bar near Boston for quite a few years. Tom ha llevado un pequeño bar cerca de Boston ya por varios años.
Tom lived in Australia for quite a few years. Tom vivió en Australia por varios años.
After his wife died, he lived for quite a few more years. Él vivió varios años más tras la muerte de su esposa.
The teen-age actress has quite a few fans. La actriz adolescente tiene bastantes pocos seguidores.
I hear from her once in a while. De vez en cuando escucho de ella.
Tom knows quite a lot about Mary. Tom sabe bastante acerca de Mary.
I play tennis once in a while. Yo juego al tenis de vez en cuando.
Quite a few Americans like sushi. A sólo unos pocos americanos les gusta el sushi.
After a while he came back with a dictionary under his arm. Después de un rato él volvió con un diccionario bajo el brazo.
Tom thinks he knows how much money Mary makes, but Mary makes quite a bit more than Tom thinks she does. Tom cree que sabe cuánto dinero gana Mary, pero Mary gana bastante más de lo que Tom piensa.
Why don't we just sit and rest a while? ¿Por qué no nos sentamos y descansamos un poco?
I am quite a stranger here. Soy un extraño aquí.
We haven't seen you in a while. No te hemos visto en un tiempo.
And like many small towns in England, it has quite a long history. Y como muchas ciudades pequeñas de Inglaterra, ella tiene una larga historia.
He left a while ago. Se fue hace un rato.
Why do humans laugh? That's quite a difficult problem. ¿Por qué se ríen los seres humanos? Es un problema muy difícil.
I’ll go out after I’ve rested for a while. Saldré después de haber descansado un rato.
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