Example sentences of "have waited a long time " in BNC.

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1 ‘ She has waited a long time for rest .
2 Clough has waited a long time for a decent run to establish himself after more than two years as squad makeweight .
3 ‘ They 've waited a long time .
4 An overwhelmed Fogarty said : ‘ I 've waited a long time for this .
5 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 .
6 I 've waited a long time to be able to do this . ’
7 I 've waited a long time for this . ’
8 She had waited a long time for this moment .
9 After all , she had waited a long time to belong , but she had never realised she could belong so completely .
10 It was a day that twenty one soldiers had waited a long time to see .
11 Darlington had waited a long time for a shopping centre , she said , but the wait had its advantages .
12 I have waited a long time before writing to you , hoping all the time that I might hear good news of Leslie from Wendy .
13 ‘ We have waited a long time to have car tax taken off , but VAT is still 17.5 per cent , ’ he says .
14 He said : ‘ I have waited a long time for this chance and it 's up to me to make the most of it .
15 I have waited a long time to catch The Economist out on an egregious factual error .
16 ‘ You have waited a long time to tell me .
17 The fans up there have waited a long time .
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