Example sentences of "[verb] wait until [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , you do n't really need to wait until Hallowe'en to tell monster jokes — any old dark and stormy night will do . |
| 2 | And perhaps he was n't going to wait until morning before launching a search . |
| 3 | For the next hour or two , Mr Handford tried to rectify the fault in the chilly darkness , but as it proved impossible , he decided to wait until daylight and to get some sleep meanwhile . |
| 4 | MITI had hoped to get the legislation through by next month , but it now looks as if it will have to wait until autumn before the ministries have talked it over . |
| 5 | If none of them proved correct they would have to wait until dawn and call out a helicopter , by which time it would probably be too late . |
| 6 | As for the effects of the Act , an overall assessment of its impact on the use of custody will have to wait until Chapter 10 because of the need to deal also with the provisions relating to community penalties and parole . |
| 7 | The shoot used to last five or six days in August but you did n't get paid when it was finished — do n't ask me why , but we had to wait until Christmas . |
| 8 | I 'd go crazy if I had to wait until supper . |