Example sentences of "[verb] wait for an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She seemed to wait for an initiative from her friend . |
| 2 | Or whether you 've had to wait for an hour in the rain for the bus to come along , whether you 're in a good mood or a bad mood . |
| 3 | Sometimes he would have to wait for an hour or more before he could find someone to carry him to the Collector 's side . |
| 4 | Meanwhile , Pogo would just have to wait for an answer . |
| 5 | But , although she smiled briefly at Folly in a friendly enough way , she seemed too distracted to wait for an answer , and started to usher them inside . |
| 6 | If he is insulting enough to make an offer for Aitken of the amount I have seen quoted , he need n't bother waiting for an answer . |
| 7 | But , alas , she was destined to have to wait for an answer , as Nettie , the housekeeper , chose that very moment to come into the room carrying a tea-tray . |
| 8 | We had to wait for an hour for our connection to Frankfurt . |
| 9 | Heather Courtley , whose son was the patient who had to wait for an hour , said she was not reassured . |
| 10 | To prepare this article I had to wait for an event on a day when the visibility was gin-clear to get good photographs from my open cockpit Jodel D9 , using a telephoto lens at various focal lengths to obtain the required framing . |
| 11 | Turning to those who were referred by the GP to another agency , a major problem experienced by this group was the length of time they had to wait for an appointment ( see also Watson 1985 ) . |
| 12 | One Saturday morning she had waited for an hour and a half outside the dentist 's where he had gone to have a troublesome tooth fixed . |
| 13 | Mrs Di Brown , a former secretary of Yarm Conservatives who now lives in Abbey Road , Darlington , said she felt sorry for people who had waited for an hour or more . |