Example sentences of "waited a long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | I 've waited a long while for this . ’ |
2 | I have waited a long time before writing to you , hoping all the time that I might hear good news of Leslie from Wendy . |
3 | ‘ We have waited a long time to have car tax taken off , but VAT is still 17.5 per cent , ’ he says . |
4 | He said : ‘ I have waited a long time for this chance and it 's up to me to make the most of it . |
5 | I have waited a long time to catch The Economist out on an egregious factual error . |
6 | She had waited a long time for this moment . |
7 | ‘ They 've waited a long time . |
8 | ‘ She has waited a long time for rest . |
9 | After all , she had waited a long time to belong , but she had never realised she could belong so completely . |
10 | ‘ You have waited a long time to tell me . |
11 | An overwhelmed Fogarty said : ‘ I 've waited a long time for this . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | I 've waited a long time to be able to do this . ’ |
14 | It was a day that twenty one soldiers had waited a long time to see . |
15 | Clough has waited a long time for a decent run to establish himself after more than two years as squad makeweight . |
16 | Darlington had waited a long time for a shopping centre , she said , but the wait had its advantages . |
17 | I 've waited a long time for this . ’ |
18 | The fans up there have waited a long time . |