Example sentences of "[vb base] wait a long time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They 've waited a long time . |
| 2 | An overwhelmed Fogarty said : ‘ I 've waited a long time for this . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I 've waited a long time to be able to do this . ’ |
| 5 | I 've waited a long time for this . ’ |
| 6 | So if , as seems likely , we have to wait a long time for a follow up to the triumphant Glyndebourne production , we should be all the more grateful for occasions like the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra 's concert performance ( sponsored by English Estates ) . |
| 7 | a matter will be er that we going to fight er , easily er so I mean i , it meant that the er , that er er some more should be brought out so that it er does er adhere to what er these er er government departments er expect as a response rather than er er as this considered issue raising er , we can er facilitate that er quite er easily but er I think er the the main point is what Hugh has said , that er we opposed it because it 's not going to help in my view it 's not going to help er the patients , the patients are not going to come off any better as a result of er , these er er what I would say and I feel and er the , I I I 'd like to know what er the GP 's think about cos GP 's usually erm er , advise their patients if they have to wait a long time from one hospital , they would advise them to go into London and er , if that 's been stopped as been er that 's been stated erm then erm , er the GP 's are not going to feel very happy about their patients er , getting er erm a lesser service . |
| 8 | I have waited a long time before writing to you , hoping all the time that I might hear good news of Leslie from Wendy . |
| 9 | ‘ We have waited a long time to have car tax taken off , but VAT is still 17.5 per cent , ’ he says . |
| 10 | He said : ‘ I have waited a long time for this chance and it 's up to me to make the most of it . |
| 11 | I have waited a long time to catch The Economist out on an egregious factual error . |
| 12 | ‘ You have waited a long time to tell me . |
| 13 | The fans up there have waited a long time . |