Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] a long time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has taken a long time for such unashamed aspiration to reach these shores , yet now , that mentality which is increasingly being demanded by the British in pursuance of their leisure activities , has finally arrived . |
| 2 | It has taken a long time for those engaged in mainstream adult education to attribute any significance to the Women 's Movement . |
| 3 | ‘ She has waited a long time for rest . |
| 4 | Clough has waited a long time for a decent run to establish himself after more than two years as squad makeweight . |
| 5 | Though Louis had had plenty of time to gain experience of ruling and to form a court of his own in the subkingdom of Aquitaine ( he had been king there since the age of three ) , he had had to wait a long time for his father 's inheritance . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ For one who intends to stay a long time with us , Englishman , you know little of us . |
| 8 | Or , if you like to spend a long time in the tub , you might like a wider one , which may well fit into the existing space . |
| 9 | Is she making a promise to the British people that this improvement will be financed by an increase in taxation , or that , just as the Conservative Government have always aspired to improve that target , so will a Labour Government , and the British people will have to wait a long time for such an improvement to materialise ? |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The libel laws should be changed to provide a ‘ fast track ’ system allowing victims of media falsehoods to correct them quickly without having to wait a long time for their cases to go to court and gamble on the result . |
| 12 | And he may have to live a long time with the third . |
| 13 | Was it easier for them was it easy for them to pick up work or would they have been woul would they have to face a long time on the dole or ? |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | In fact I 'd started caddying a long time before that , carrying golf-bags instead of delivering papers or milk for pocket-money . |
| 16 | It did take a long time for anything to happen . |
| 17 | Although the Laputans were kind to me , I did not want to spend a long time in their country . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | A much quoted example is in Latin American cultures , where sales representatives are often kept waiting a long time for a business appointment ; in our culture this would be unorthodox , and at best it would be seen as being very bad mannered . |
| 20 | Florence Ames was quieter about it , as though she had the measure of things because she had spent a long time in looking at them . |
| 21 | Back in those hours I had remained a long time outside the door of North One , being filled by a sorrow so complete it overflowed , and I covered my ears not to hear any more . |
| 22 | I had worked a long time on the script with Dalton Trumbo and we worked very hard getting the right cast . |
| 23 | It had taken a long time for the initial hostility and suspicion between them to wear off . |
| 24 | An overwhelmed Fogarty said : ‘ I 've waited a long time for this . |
| 25 | So erm I 'm you kn I do n't propose to do that again because I would n't er I would n't arrange a speaker if we had a full table show but it 's nice to know that it did work out because we were , I was forced into a corner a little bit erm and I think it was worth it because we as I say I 've waited a long time for Danny and he was well worth listening to , I can listen to Danny for hours because he he just speaks and , and tells you about his fish , I 'm , I 'm very very fond of listening to Danny cos I think he gives a good talk . |
| 26 | I 've waited a long time for this . ’ |
| 27 | I 've waited a long time to be able to do this . ’ |
| 28 | She had waited a long time for this moment . |
| 29 | Darlington had waited a long time for a shopping centre , she said , but the wait had its advantages . |
| 30 | 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 ) . |