Example sentences of "[vb infin] [to-vb] [adv] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And you do n't want to wait that long for an identity parade ? ’ |
| 2 | He wondered about making himself a hot drink but he 'd have to wait too long to drink it . |
| 3 | Well I did n't have to wait too long for you today . |
| 4 | She did not have to wait very long to find out . |
| 5 | About half of the people detained under Immigration Act powers in general do not wish to challenge the decision that they should leave but they need help winding up their affairs here , contacting their friends and families and pressing the Home Office to process their cases quickly so that they do not have to spend unnecessarily long periods in prison . |