Example sentences of "wait a [adv] long time " in BNC.
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| 1 | → When you think of Fender 's seeming unwillingness to bring the reissues of the Indie-cred Jaguar into this country , Jim , I think we 'll probably wait a very long time before a Bass VI emanates from anywhere other than the Fender Custom Shop — a facility available to the wad-carrying fanatic . |
| 2 | ‘ You 'll wait a very long time to do that , ’ he gritted . |
| 3 | Those actively interested in diamonds will have to wait a very long time before they will be able to put their hands on these cosmic ornaments . |
| 4 | You mean I 'll have to wait a very long time . |
| 5 | This can be contrasted with the centesimal scale where we may have to wait a fairly long time to ascertain the action of the remedy . |
| 6 | We waited a very long time in growing unease . |
| 7 | He waited a very long time before saying , ‘ Talk , talk , talk , a man ca n't get a word in edgeways . ’ |
| 8 | They waited a very long time for his answer . |