Example sentences of "i [verb] [verb] a long time " in BNC.

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1 I stopped mourning a long time ago . ’
2 Feel as if I had lived a long time and done very little .
3 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 .
4 I had to wait a long time shut in .
5 And I was a bit late , so I had to wait a long time to get served . ’
6 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 .
7 I had worked a long time on the script with Dalton Trumbo and we worked very hard getting the right cast .
8 An overwhelmed Fogarty said : ‘ I 've waited a long time for this .
9 So erm I 'm you kn I do n't propose to do that again because I would n't er I would n't arrange a speaker if we had a full table show but it 's nice to know that it did work out because we were , I was forced into a corner a little bit erm and I think it was worth it because we as I say I 've waited a long time for Danny and he was well worth listening to , I can listen to Danny for hours because he he just speaks and , and tells you about his fish , I 'm , I 'm very very fond of listening to Danny cos I think he gives a good talk .
10 I 've waited a long time to be able to do this . ’
11 I 've waited a long time for this . ’
12 And then he thought : I 've spent a long time doing things for everybody 's sake .
13 I 'VE SPENT a long time cultivating this dour image , I 'm not going to spoil it now .
14 I have waited a long time before writing to you , hoping all the time that I might hear good news of Leslie from Wendy .
15 He said : ‘ I have waited a long time for this chance and it 's up to me to make the most of it .
16 I have waited a long time to catch The Economist out on an egregious factual error .
17 I have thought a long time about this and I think I know the answer .
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