Example sentences of "[pers pn] have wait a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd waited a bloody long time to be with you again , and there I was , behaving like a blasted prima donna and wasting my chances . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I had to wait a long time shut in . |
| 4 | And I was a bit late , so I had to wait a long time to get served . ’ |
| 5 | Apparently , if I had waited a bit longer prices would have been much higher . |
| 6 | I 've waited a long while for this . ’ |
| 7 | An overwhelmed Fogarty said : ‘ I 've waited a long time for this . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I 've waited a long time to be able to do this . ’ |
| 10 | I 've waited a long time for this . ’ |
| 11 | I have to wait a while before I get a second chub , but it is worth it for this one weighs 4lb 10oz and fights like a demon . |
| 12 | I do n't too much like warm toast , I have to wait a little bit . |
| 13 | I have waited a long time before writing to you , hoping all the time that I might hear good news of Leslie from Wendy . |
| 14 | He said : ‘ I have waited a long time for this chance and it 's up to me to make the most of it . |
| 15 | I have waited a long time to catch The Economist out on an egregious factual error . |
| 16 | ‘ She has waited a long time for rest . |
| 17 | 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 |
| 18 | She had waited a long time for this moment . |
| 19 | After all , she had waited a long time to belong , but she had never realised she could belong so completely . |
| 20 | Yeah oh yeah I did n't work anywhere else in Willenhall at all , and erm but we 'd got to be in for seven o'clock and if erm you were n't in for seven o'clock and sometimes I used to hear the bell began ringing when I got to go around the corner and get into the , but you had to wait a quarter of an hour before they would let you in and that was stopped off your money and my wage was eight and fourpence a week . |
| 21 | But arrivals follow departures and the new appears very promising — even if you have to wait a little time for it . |
| 22 | She added : ‘ Even if you have to wait a year , it 's a long time if you 're worried about it . ’ |
| 23 | Oh I see , yes , you have to wait a few minutes . |
| 24 | You have to wait a minute ! |
| 25 | you have to wait a few days for it to clear do n't ya ? |
| 26 | ‘ You have waited a long time to tell me . |
| 27 | You have , yeah , you have to wait at least you have wait a certain amount of years . |
| 28 | 1976 , it may be remembered , was the year of the great drought , and we had to wait a frustrating three months until there was rain in sufficient quantity and enough water in the river to try it out . |
| 29 | We had to wait a long time because I had my mother to look after and she was rather difficult . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ We have waited a long time to have car tax taken off , but VAT is still 17.5 per cent , ’ he says . |