Example sentences of "wait for some time " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were repeatedly told he was too busy , and when finally , at the eleventh hour , they were granted a meeting , some sort of communication problem caused Mrs Sue Amphlett and her associate to be sent from one building to another and then to wait for some time in the wrong one , until they had to leave to finish the report in time for the news conference they had called . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | But important matters had to wait on his attention ; and , if he chose to withhold it , might wait for some time . |
| 5 | She must have been waiting for some time . |
| 6 | He looked as if he had been waiting for some time . |
| 7 | I have been waiting for some time for hon. Members to refer to my apparel and I am duly flattered . |
| 8 | He said : ‘ Mr Millman waited for some time but she failed to arrive and he stupidly decided to drive home himself . ’ |
| 9 | We have waited for some time for any scheme , let alone one that would justify being called better than the proposals of 1979 . |