Example sentences of "wait a long [noun] [to-vb] " 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 He was prepared to wait a long time to gain the king 's good will , and meanwhile to support the king in his enterprises .
3 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 .
4 It was a day that twenty one soldiers had waited a long time to see .
5 I have waited a long time to catch The Economist out on an egregious factual error .
6 ‘ We have waited a long time to have car tax taken off , but VAT is still 17.5 per cent , ’ he says .
7 After all , she had waited a long time to belong , but she had never realised she could belong so completely .
8 ‘ You have waited a long time to tell me .
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