Example sentences of "a long time to wait " in BNC.
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| 1 | Forty years may be a long time to wait for a 19p basic rate of tax . |
| 2 | Some day we will be married ; I am certain of it , but it is a long time to wait till I am of age and we must think of some other way before then . |
| 3 | Would it not be possible to make an earlier start in view of the great need for a for homes , it seems a long time to wait ? |
| 4 | And erm you know I know that was one difficulty , that people had a long time to wait for repairs . |
| 5 | It was a long time to wait , but not impossible . |
| 6 | ‘ Ah , Maria , six years is a long time to wait , ’ Luke murmured with a faint sardonic smile as he registered her frantic response . |
| 7 | Seven days — a week — is a long time to wait for a telephone service nowadays . |
| 8 | Eight hours is a long time to wait to play three games , ’ said Sanchez , last year 's runner-up to Monica Seles . |
| 9 | Mrs Freda Bastianelli , the mother of four-month-old twin boys , who has a house on the shoreline , complained that another year was a long time to wait for a possible cure . |