Example sentences of "[verb] wait a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She has waited a long time for rest . |
| 2 | Clough has waited a long time for a decent run to establish himself after more than two years as squad makeweight . |
| 3 | She seemed to wait a long time before she heard footsteps within , and then a light sprang up beyond the frosted glass . |
| 4 | Certainly those who were in the square in 1387 hoping to see the completion of the Duomo would have had to wait a long time , far longer than the span of a human life . |
| 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 | ‘ Then they may have to wait a long time . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 11 | But there are particular areas like this , you having to wait a long time and if you come into the building to go and see a film and you 've you 've left an hour to , to have some food you , you really should n't be missing the film because |
| 12 | oh it 's not my type mm Penny 's having to wait a long while for her birthday is n't she ? , |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | But the poem of his that he most needed reassurance about was Homage to Sextus Propertius ( 1919 ) , and for that he had to wait a long time . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | I had to wait a long time shut in . |
| 17 | And I was a bit late , so I had to wait a long time to get served . ’ |
| 18 | She explained that with some people one had to wait a long time before one saw what one wanted to see . |
| 19 | We had to wait a long time because I had my mother to look after and she was rather difficult . ’ |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | ‘ They 've waited a long time . |
| 22 | I 've waited a long while for this . ’ |
| 23 | An overwhelmed Fogarty said : ‘ I 've waited a long time for this . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | I 've waited a long time to be able to do this . ’ |
| 26 | I 've waited a long time for this . ’ |
| 27 | She had waited a long time for this moment . |
| 28 | After all , she had waited a long time to belong , but she had never realised she could belong so completely . |
| 29 | It was a day that twenty one soldiers had waited a long time to see . |
| 30 | Darlington had waited a long time for a shopping centre , she said , but the wait had its advantages . |