Example sentences of "had [verb] a long time [prep] " 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 | Florence Ames was quieter about it , as though she had the measure of things because she had spent a long time in looking at them . |
3 | Back in those hours I had remained a long time outside the door of North One , being filled by a sorrow so complete it overflowed , and I covered my ears not to hear any more . |
4 | I had worked a long time on the script with Dalton Trumbo and we worked very hard getting the right cast . |
5 | It had taken a long time for the initial hostility and suspicion between them to wear off . |
6 | She had waited a long time for this moment . |
7 | Darlington had waited a long time for a shopping centre , she said , but the wait had its advantages . |