Example sentences of "wait for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were n't any houses then and there was a big ditch where the canal side and erm we used to have to wait for each other , because no street lamps , nothing at all like that and er really we used to be afraid and then when the first bus ran , shall I tell you this , when the first bus ran from , from Bloxwich to Willenhall of course word got around that the buses were beginning , because the roads were only ruts , they were n't tarmacked roads then and it was certainly gentlemen first for the first there were about three hundred waiting that was a lot of at the top is it Street , I think it 's that and all the gentlemen were first but we , some of us managed to scramble on , but erm then they used to break down very very often because the roads the roads were in such a terrible condition they were only ruts . |
| 2 | We had to wait for all three of them to finish before getting it back . |
| 3 | With Britain getting closer to Iran and with the US constantly improving its rapport with Syria , we felt that now we were all together , we could be released without having to wait for all the governments to restore relations . |
| 4 | The verdict on that one , however , may have to wait for many years yet . |
| 5 | Why had she had to wait for such an education ? |
| 6 | When a patient is detained under the MHA 1983 , but the physical disorder is not caused by or is not itself the cause of a mental disorder , a restrictive interpretation of this proposal could lead to the ridiculous scenario of doctors having to wait for such a patient to deteriorate or become unconscious before medical treatment could be initiated under the protection of common law duty of care and the doctrine of necessity . |
| 7 | I think , I think we have to wait for the letter , I suspect you 'll probably find both those changed to some extent after that so er I think we really have to wait for that . |
| 8 | , Well we 'll have to wait for that one . |
| 9 | Well he 's so badly parked you see , he 's got to wait for both traffics to go whereas I could go easily |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | We had to wait for some months in order to get a passage and finally set oft on my birthday in January . |
| 13 | We had to wait for some days until a convoy of ships was ready . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | ‘ We will not stop ( reforms ) to wait for any decisions from the G7 , whether we receive aid or not , ’ he told reporters . |
| 17 | Customers are no longer prepared to wait for several months for their chosen pattern . |
| 18 | I had to wait for another performance to see . ’ |
| 19 | But I am afraid this will have to wait for another occasion . ’ |
| 20 | However , that discussion will have to wait for another day . |
| 21 | something else that could be quite actually misleading might sleep , be very sleepy , difficult to wake , so if you 've got the baby and you think your baby 's due for a feed and it did n't take very much at the last feed , you ca n't wake it up you should n't think oh well I 'll have to wait for another four hours , beginning to get worried so if the baby 's difficult to wake if it 's difficult to feed not sucking very well if the baby 's cold to touch and then there 's something which is very , very misleading , these babies can have bright red cheeks and bright red hands and feet and if you look at them you think oh they must be warm because they 're red |
| 22 | Managers who never leave do not have to wait for another manager to retire or die so that they can fill their shoes . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'm sorry to disappoint you , but Hadrian and his wall will have to wait for another time . ’ |
| 24 | He will not have long to wait for another diet of his own words . |
| 25 | All is well , however , except that the 140 people on the island will have to wait for another occasion to exercise their democratic rights . |
| 26 | A new motor car was for many a luxury that would have to wait for another day . |
| 27 | Fellow passengers had to wait for another train to continue their journey because the original train 's safety mechanism had jammed . |
| 28 | at half past three or you can say if you 'd like to , if you 'd like to wait for half an hour , we 'll get a giro cheque to , issued to you or if you 'd rather you can come back at half past three and collect it . |
| 29 | The puzzle was that the times one had to wait for this to happen varied very greatly from nucleus to nucleus , despite there being only small changes in the circumstances involved . |
| 30 | He seems to have taken no part in public life under the Commonwealth , but when the Exchequer was re-established under the Protectorate he failed to regain his old post as auditor , having to wait for this until the Restoration , when he protested , perhaps predictably , that he had never really been a parliamentarian at all . |