Example sentences of "i [verb] [vb pp] a long time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Feel as if I had lived a long time and done very little . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I had worked a long time on the script with Dalton Trumbo and we worked very hard getting the right cast . |
| 4 | An overwhelmed Fogarty said : ‘ I 've waited a long time for this . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I 've waited a long time to be able to do this . ’ |
| 7 | I 've waited a long time for this . ’ |
| 8 | And then he thought : I 've spent a long time doing things for everybody 's sake . |
| 9 | I 'VE SPENT a long time cultivating this dour image , I 'm not going to spoil it now . |
| 10 | I have waited a long time before writing to you , hoping all the time that I might hear good news of Leslie from Wendy . |
| 11 | He said : ‘ I have waited a long time for this chance and it 's up to me to make the most of it . |
| 12 | I have waited a long time to catch The Economist out on an egregious factual error . |
| 13 | I have thought a long time about this and I think I know the answer . |