"She'd been in too long to wait any longer I think, " the marina operative said.
Still, say the optimists, India does not have long to wait for an election.
Birmingham will not have to long to wait for a chance of revenge though - the teams meet again at Fratton Park in the Premier League on Tuesday.
At last impatient, anger had not allowed a woman who had waited too long to wait, again, until she was alone: they sensed enough of truth in that.
However, the Victoria Park side did not have long to wait to take a stunning lead as Craig cut in from the right and produced a scything run through the Celtic defence and finished emphatically.
This was because the 10-15 years it would take to build a replacement would be too long to wait to save the jobs and the facility, which is regarded as crucial to the local economy.
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Geordan Murphy's scoring pass to Marcos Ayerza was correctly ruled to be forward as the Tigers went in search of the opening try but the hosts, who had moved the game down the road from Welford Road because of redevelopment work, did not have long to wait for their opening score.
Another question: if Arena is going to face a long wait to get lorcaserin approved, will it need to take some steps to cut costs, such as layoffs?
But a year is an awfully long time to wait, especially with all the cute cat videos demanding viewership right this second.
Considering how ripe the living room space seems to be for disruption, we may not have to wait long to find out.
Ten years is a long time to wait for a modern interface.
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The next competitive game is about five months away, which is a long time to wait to get rid of a bad result.
Verizon has been making a habit of offering one 4G-equipped LG flagship every year, but early 2013 would be a long time to wait for what's more of an iteration than a... wait for it... revolution.
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Unfortunately we don't expect to see that hypermiler hitting the states anytime soon, but at least we won't have to wait long to get behind the wheel of Toyota's Prius Alpha MPV, which is set to launch next year.
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The Sale man missed a chance to double England's lead when centre Dominic Waldouck carved through the home defence and earned England a somewhat soft penalty, and although he missed with the kick, Hodgson did not have to wait long to make amends.
Dr Dobbin says his colleagues welcome the opportunity to offer patients something other than pills or a long wait to see a therapist.
We have the technology to clean up the unhealthiest sources of air pollution, and my research reiterated for me that we can't afford to wait too long to clear the air.
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He's got a great variety of goods and a lot of penny candy in the front so little Syrian kids are coming in to buy from him, because he doesn't know how long he has to wait.
After all, it was Sunday, one of the last of the summer, and a lovely one at that - a good day not to ask people to wait in long lines to pass through security checkpoints.
Just as Pavlov's dog learned to associate the sound of a bell ringing with dinnertime, rats can learn to associate flashes of light with how long they must wait to receive a sip of water.
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The brand rep may refer you to someone, but you'll still have to go through the approval process, and they'll only want to wait so long for you to get your property up and running and paying the royalties and fees.
Now Howard must endure the long wait to find out whether his new compound works in humans.
If 2018 is a little too long for you to wait until your next space-launch fix, then fear not.
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The details came from the NHS's 111 Easter SitRep internal report, showing how long patients had to wait for call backs between 26 March and 1 April.
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