Example sentences of "have wait for some " in BNC.

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1 Though debt-for-equity swaps represent one way for banks to recover part of their developing country debt exposure , they still stand to lose money and look likely to have to wait for some years before they can cash in their equity stakes .
2 We had to wait for some months in order to get a passage and finally set oft on my birthday in January .
3 We had to wait for some days until a convoy of ships was ready .
4 She had to wait for some time before the door was opened , and she hoped very much that it would be opened by Clelia , but it was not ; it was opened by a thin , brown , balding , youngish looking man .
5 Electrical stimulation could produce dramatic effects , but the proper study of electro-physiology had to wait for some time until it was possible to record small electrical potentials .
6 All through tea I had waited for some indication on his part that he knew I had seen the girl — as he must have known , for it was obvious that the nocturnal concert had been given to announce her presence .
7 We have waited for some time for any scheme , let alone one that would justify being called better than the proposals of 1979 .
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