Example sentences of "have waited [adv] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having waited so long to hear from the ‘ one man ’ who knew what had happened , when he appeared they could do nothing but gaze on him ; having made him into a celluloid star , there was no reason at this point to spoil it , and make him real . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've waited so long to hear you say you found me attractive , my darling ! |
| 3 | He had waited too long to make his constitutional views known . |
| 4 | Sir Victor Sassoon , who had waited so long to own a Derby winner , won three of the next seven runnings . |
| 5 | The tour she had waited so long to unleash had begun two weeks earlier on the other side of the world . |
| 6 | Ranulf believed the French were responsible ; Corbett at first agreed , but then queried why they had waited so long and privately concluded that the attackers were from Lord Bruce 's retinue . |
| 7 | ‘ When I saw you again I knew why I had waited so long to marry . |
| 8 | ‘ Oh , I have waited so long to see you , ’ said Babushka . |