Example sentences of "[pers pn] have wait for [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I had to wait for another performance to see . ’
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 We have waited for this moment for 28 years .
5 We have waited for some time for any scheme , let alone one that would justify being called better than the proposals of 1979 .
6 Because they have waited for this moment . ’
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