Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [verb] [art] 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 | ‘ You have waited a long time to tell me . |
| 6 | In other words , if you have spent a long time writing programs to carry out tasks , you will have to start again from scratch . |
| 7 | Exactly you have to think a long time . |
| 8 | ‘ We have waited a long time to have car tax taken off , but VAT is still 17.5 per cent , ’ he says . |
| 9 | 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 ) . |
| 10 | a matter will be er that we going to fight er , easily er so I mean i , it meant that the er , that er er some more should be brought out so that it er does er adhere to what er these er er government departments er expect as a response rather than er er as this considered issue raising er , we can er facilitate that er quite er easily but er I think er the the main point is what Hugh has said , that er we opposed it because it 's not going to help in my view it 's not going to help er the patients , the patients are not going to come off any better as a result of er , these er er what I would say and I feel and er the , I I I 'd like to know what er the GP 's think about cos GP 's usually erm er , advise their patients if they have to wait a long time from one hospital , they would advise them to go into London and er , if that 's been stopped as been er that 's been stated erm then erm , er the GP 's are not going to feel very happy about their patients er , getting er erm a lesser service . |
| 11 | After all , they have had a long time to become used to them . |