Example sentences of "wait [art] long time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even here , one could wait a long time . |
| 2 | ‘ We might wait a long time ! ’ he said . |
| 3 | Indulging in litigation may mean that you have to expend substantial sums of money and wait a long time before achieving victory ; to lose could prove very costly . |
| 4 | It is my experience that whenever I try to combine shooting and ferreting I wait a long time for the chance of a shot , then there is something else to be done . |
| 5 | Is he aware that even when people are examined , are found to have cataracts and wait a long time for the operation , some of them — such as a 91-year-old constituent of mine — are told that Royal Oldham hospital , which has been granted trust status , does not have the money to provide the necessary medicines and has money to help only the elderly ? |
| 6 | And he answered : ‘ Yes , I have been waiting a long time , waiting to hear you say that . |
| 7 | I want music to frighten me like T Rex or Johnny Rotten : I 'll be waiting a long time for that in Dublin . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Our fans have been waiting a long time for a game like Sunday 's . |
| 9 | Well Newcastle folk have been waiting a long time , and we all badly want to give them something to celebrate . ’ |
| 10 | There were only three crumpled cigarette-packs , a sign that whoever had been in the truck had possibly been waiting a long time . |
| 11 | I have been waiting a long time for a British magazine to offer intelligent coverage of mainstream sport in a way that Sports Illustrated , among others in America , seems to do effortlessly . |
| 12 | Stella kept them waiting a long time , and when she did appear she sprinted off down the street ahead of them . |
| 13 | ‘ Sounds as if you 've been waiting a long time , ’ she said soothingly . |
| 14 | I 've been waiting a long time , watching the roads , asking about new arrivals in the large towns . |
| 15 | ‘ Well ? ’ she says as though she 's been waiting a long time . |
| 16 | we have been waiting a long time traffic calming . |
| 17 | She has been waiting a long time for your kiss . ’ |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 ) . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | He was prepared to wait a long time to gain the king 's good will , and meanwhile to support the king in his enterprises . |
| 25 | Like Lanfranc he had welcomed royal co-operation , and had been prepared to wait a long time for it . |
| 26 | 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 |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | I had to wait a long time shut in . |
| 30 | And I was a bit late , so I had to wait a long time to get served . ’ |