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Example sentences of "wait for [noun] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	We 've all had to wait for doctors and dentists , yeah ?
2	Nora turned back to wait for Lord Wyatt , on the road between the Panshanger gate lodge and the stables .
3	Well a very close fought encounter at the stadium ; we had to wait for quarter of an hour for the first actual goal chance when Dave Bristow hit the ball from twenty five yards , which just cleared the bar .
4	That tooth will just have to wait for California , along with everything else .
5	‘ I 'll just have to wait for Dad then , wo n't I ? ’
6	As we were leaving the theatre , we had to wait for Dad to shake hands in the foyer with some dignitaries .
7	He struggled towards an understanding of continuity , though the work had to wait for Newton and Gottfried Leibnitz to produce an infinitesimal calculus to master this difficulty .
8	She did n't have long to wait for illumination as he moved swiftly to front her , grabbing her roughly by the shoulders , holding her firmly as if he suspected she was about to take flight .
9	Yes , or do you want me to wait for Patrick ?
10	Some people had to wait for parents to pick them up .
11	My advice for the less affluent Dizzy fans out there is to wait for Crystal Kingdom Dizzy ( see preview this issue ) , which looks to become the all-time bestest-ever eggstravaganza .
12	The user does not have to wait for interpretation , but can write ahead and subsequently correct errors .
13	They were anxious to get a definite indication from the player regarding his future , but are now content to wait for Connolly 's decision .
14	No one was content to wait for insurance .
15	We 'll have to wait for permission from the expatriate lady in Sweden . ’
16	I knew I should go back to the stockade now , but an idea came to me and I sat down to wait for darkness .
17	The Czechoslovak Finance Minister , Vaclav Klaus , expressed impatience at the pace of progress envisaged by the communiqué , declaring that Czechoslovakia did " not want to wait for committees " and wished to " start the overhaul tomorrow " .
18	I stumbled away from the caravans and sat down by the hedge to wait for Tumbleweed .
19	If you can be as … affected as you seem to have been by answering journalists ' questions , perhaps I 'd be wiser to wait for publication of results , like everyone else .
20	He drove a few miles out of the village and then pulled off the road to wait for dusk .
21	Every time we go I have to wait for ages in the cold hospital wearing a scratchy towelling robe the colour of sick and drinking black coffee .
22	Daniel , who spent £75 on new games and equipment , added : ‘ We had to wait for ages but it was worth it . ’
23	I followed mum and joined a long queue , there we had to wait for ages while other people on our flight handed in their tickets .
24	I look at r.s.s. every Saturday from about noon local time ( 5.00 pm Leeds time ) in the hope of getting the results asap and I normally have to wait for ages until info arrives .
25	Did you have to wait for ages ?
26	It is working with Intel on the project but has to wait for silicon before it attempts to actualise the product and turn it over to LSI Logic for manufacture .
27	Luiza and Freddi have n't worked all winter , so feel they might just as well rent out their Salzburg apartment and come up here to wait for rehearsals to begin .
28	Male and female responses to the static models could have differed because crested auklet males tend to wait for females to approach , then aggressively reject unwanted partners , whereas females are more active in seeking out and approaching males ( although both sexes show either type of behaviour ) .
29	‘ I offered to bring her back again but she said she had to wait for Angharad . ’
30	Most people are likely to judge the reforms on how long they have to wait for treatment — the issue behind the ‘ Jennifer 's ear ’ controversy during the election campaign .