Example sentences of "wait a [adj] time [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I was a bit late , so I had to wait a long time to get served . ’ |
| 2 | I had to wait a long time shut in . |
| 3 | He was prepared to wait a long time to gain the king 's good will , and meanwhile to support the king in his enterprises . |
| 4 | By this time we feel as if we are Hemingway 's companion , hauling out the bodies one by one , so that when he says ‘ Well you waited a long time to get sick brother . |
| 5 | It was a day that twenty one soldiers had waited a long time to see . |
| 6 | I have waited a long time to catch The Economist out on an egregious factual error . |
| 7 | ‘ We have waited a long time to have car tax taken off , but VAT is still 17.5 per cent , ’ he says . |
| 8 | After all , she had waited a long time to belong , but she had never realised she could belong so completely . |
| 9 | ‘ You have waited a long time to tell me . |