Sentence examples for wait for a long from inspiring English sources

I would need to wait for a long time".

But they will need strong nerves and the patience to wait for a long time.

Thousands still reside in tent cities. "They will have to wait, but they are not willing to wait for a long time," Mr. Kerkuki said.

So people line up for rehabilitation centres and often have to wait for a long period of time, long after they've lost the motivational rush to actually quit.

"It's not a market that you could come into and just wait for a long rebuilding plan," said Stan Kasten, the Dodgers' president and part of the group that purchased — no, rescued — the famous brand from the disastrous ownership of Frank McCourt in March 2012.

Cable hits like The Sopranos and Sex and the City proved that audiences would wait for a long time between installments of prestige shows and they could work at irregular times, including the spring, where the Sopranos premiered during its third, fifth, sixth and seventh (well, the second half of their sixth) seasons.

Jakob Stougaard-Nielsen, a lecturer in Scandinavian literature, said he had been surprised at The Killing's success and that British viewers had the patience to wait for a long-running plot to unfold and read subtitles.

I rang the bell and waited for a long moment.

"We've been waiting for a long time".

I waited for a long time, easily an hour.

I've been waiting for a long time".