Example sentences of "[v-ing] a long [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I want music to frighten me like T Rex or Johnny Rotten : I 'll be waiting a long time for that in Dublin . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Our fans have been waiting a long time for a game like Sunday 's . |
| 3 | I have been waiting a long time for a British magazine to offer intelligent coverage of mainstream sport in a way that Sports Illustrated , among others in America , seems to do effortlessly . |
| 4 | She has been waiting a long time for your kiss . ’ |
| 5 | A much quoted example is in Latin American cultures , where sales representatives are often kept waiting a long time for a business appointment ; in our culture this would be unorthodox , and at best it would be seen as being very bad mannered . |
| 6 | By holding a long contract for delivery at T 1 and a short contract for delivery at T 2 , it would be possible to take delivery at T 1 for P f 1 and keep the asset for making delivery at T 2 for P f 2 and to make a sure profit . |
| 7 | On island greens , for example , short of starting the hole with a tee on the island and requiring a long putt for your first stroke , it is simply not possible . |
| 8 | I am against the custom of pillaging a long work for its ‘ beauties ’ and letting the rest sink or swim . |
| 9 | Wheras when the rest of the league do it its called ‘ hitting a long ball for the target man ’ . |