Example sentences of "i [verb] wait a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd waited a bloody long time to be with you again , and there I was , behaving like a blasted prima donna and wasting my chances . |
| 2 | I had to wait a long time for an answer , and just before the door opened I nearly came sufficiently to my senses to run away , but sanity came too late . |
| 3 | I had to wait a long time shut in . |
| 4 | And I was a bit late , so I had to wait a long time to get served . ’ |
| 5 | I 've waited a long while for this . ’ |
| 6 | An overwhelmed Fogarty said : ‘ I 've waited a long time for this . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | I 've waited a long time to be able to do this . ’ |
| 9 | I 've waited a long time for this . ’ |
| 10 | I do n't too much like warm toast , I have to wait a little bit . |
| 11 | I have waited a long time before writing to you , hoping all the time that I might hear good news of Leslie from Wendy . |
| 12 | He said : ‘ I have waited a long time for this chance and it 's up to me to make the most of it . |
| 13 | I have waited a long time to catch The Economist out on an egregious factual error . |