Example sentences of "to wait a [adj] time [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So if , as seems likely , we have to wait a long time for a follow up to the triumphant Glyndebourne production , we should be all the more grateful for occasions like the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra 's concert performance ( sponsored by English Estates ) . |
| 2 | When you decide to practise , do not choose a difficult water , or difficult fish , where you are likely to have to wait a long time for a bite . |
| 3 | I had to wait a long time for an answer , and just before the door opened I nearly came sufficiently to my senses to run away , but sanity came too late . |
| 4 | ‘ I have had to wait a long time for the freedom , but it will be passed down and at least I can say that I was a Freeman of Chester . |
| 5 | Most modern chemists would probably say that we 'd have to wait a long time by the standards of a human lifetime , but perhaps not all that long by the standards of cosmological time . |