Example sentences of "had [verb] a long [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | France 's Maghreb policy was criticized on Nov. 16 by the Polisario Front , which had waged a long struggle for independence in Western Sahara . |
| 3 | It had taken a long time for the initial hostility and suspicion between them to wear off . |
| 4 | She had waited a long time for this moment . |
| 5 | Darlington had waited a long time for a shopping centre , she said , but the wait had its advantages . |