Example sentences of "have wait a [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ She has waited a long time for rest .
2 Clough has waited a long time for a decent run to establish himself after more than two years as squad makeweight .
3 Though Louis had had plenty of time to gain experience of ruling and to form a court of his own in the subkingdom of Aquitaine ( he had been king there since the age of three ) , he had had to wait a long time for his father 's inheritance .
4 ‘ I have had to wait a long time for the freedom , but it will be passed down and at least I can say that I was a Freeman of Chester .
5 Lonrho and its shareholders , whatever the merits of their case , have had to wait an unconscionable time for the facts to be established .
6 I have had complaints from several enquirers who , not knowing our telephone extensions , have had to wait an inordinate length of time before being connected to the operator .
7 Is she making a promise to the British people that this improvement will be financed by an increase in taxation , or that , just as the Conservative Government have always aspired to improve that target , so will a Labour Government , and the British people will have to wait a long time for such an improvement to materialise ?
8 Most modern chemists would probably say that we 'd have to wait a long time by the standards of a human lifetime , but perhaps not all that long by the standards of cosmological time .
9 Another example of that for instance , and this is something we 'll , we 'll have to wait a full explanation of this we 'll have to wait a little bit later itself .
10 which is useful when they may have to wait a whole year for payment for their wheat harvest , or for the sale of fat cattle .
11 The Government 's aim is to decide all cases within a matter of months so that all those affected do not have to wait an inordinate length of time to ascertain their legal status in the U K. It 's obvious to everyone not too blind to see that such changes are vital to the mounting pressures on the existing system
12 oh it 's not my type mm Penny 's having to wait a long while for her birthday is n't she ? ,
13 The libel laws should be changed to provide a ‘ fast track ’ system allowing victims of media falsehoods to correct them quickly without having to wait a long time for their cases to go to court and gamble on the result .
14 When you decide to practise , do not choose a difficult water , or difficult fish , where you are likely to have to wait a long time for a bite .
15 I had to wait a long time for an answer , and just before the door opened I nearly came sufficiently to my senses to run away , but sanity came too late .
16 Gardener John Tobin , of Speke , who had to wait an extra day for his £160-weekly wage , said : ‘ It 's a disgrace . ’
17 I 've waited a long while for this . ’
18 An overwhelmed Fogarty said : ‘ I 've waited a long time for this .
19 So erm I 'm you kn I do n't propose to do that again because I would n't er I would n't arrange a speaker if we had a full table show but it 's nice to know that it did work out because we were , I was forced into a corner a little bit erm and I think it was worth it because we as I say I 've waited a long time for Danny and he was well worth listening to , I can listen to Danny for hours because he he just speaks and , and tells you about his fish , I 'm , I 'm very very fond of listening to Danny cos I think he gives a good talk .
20 I 've waited a long time for this . ’
21 I 've waited a long time to be able to do this . ’
22 She had waited a long time for this moment .
23 Darlington had waited a long time for a shopping centre , she said , but the wait had its advantages .
24 So if , as seems likely , we have to wait a long time for a follow up to the triumphant Glyndebourne production , we should be all the more grateful for occasions like the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra 's concert performance ( sponsored by English Estates ) .
25 a matter will be er that we going to fight er , easily er so I mean i , it meant that the er , that er er some more should be brought out so that it er does er adhere to what er these er er government departments er expect as a response rather than er er as this considered issue raising er , we can er facilitate that er quite er easily but er I think er the the main point is what Hugh has said , that er we opposed it because it 's not going to help in my view it 's not going to help er the patients , the patients are not going to come off any better as a result of er , these er er what I would say and I feel and er the , I I I 'd like to know what er the GP 's think about cos GP 's usually erm er , advise their patients if they have to wait a long time from one hospital , they would advise them to go into London and er , if that 's been stopped as been er that 's been stated erm then erm , er the GP 's are not going to feel very happy about their patients er , getting er erm a lesser service .
26 Delivery times for most items were generally satisfactory , but there appears to be a possibility that readers consulting early or rare books in the South Reading Room have to wait a considerable time for items ordered over the lunchtime period .
27 You have , yeah , you have to wait at least you have wait a certain amount of years .
28 He said : ‘ I have waited a long time for this chance and it 's up to me to make the most of it .
29 I have waited a long time before writing to you , hoping all the time that I might hear good news of Leslie from Wendy .
30 In Britain , waiting times for being seen in an outpatient clinic , followed by those for surgery , ensure that most children have waited a considerable time before grommet insertion , adenoidectomy , or a combination can be performed .
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