Example sentences of "[pron] have [vb pp] a long time " in BNC.

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1 I have waited a long time before writing to you , hoping all the time that I might hear good news of Leslie from Wendy .
2 He said : ‘ I have waited a long time for this chance and it 's up to me to make the most of it .
3 I have waited a long time to catch The Economist out on an egregious factual error .
4 I have thought a long time about this and I think I know the answer .
5 The transactions , some of which have taken a long time to unravel , include guarantees on property leases and interest rate swaps .
6 The transactions , some of which have taken a long time to unravel , include guarantees on property leases and interest rate swaps .
7 It is a tribute not only to the management at Yarrow but to the workers , who have spent a long time removing ill-considered demarcation practices — and it is as a shipbuilder that I say that .
8 You have waited a long time to tell me .
9 In other words , if you have spent a long time writing programs to carry out tasks , you will have to start again from scratch .
10 We have waited a long time to have car tax taken off , but VAT is still 17.5 per cent , ’ he says .
11 After all , they have had a long time to become used to them .
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