Example sentences of "to wait for [art] [num ord] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Sam , without any hesitation had agreed knowing that to wait for the first available fireman would delay his train 's departure .
2 And now we are to wait for the next ethnic war to intervene to salve our pitifully insensitive consciences and our failure to shape and conduct an effective policy : a neat one , no complications , allowing intervention with few , possibly no , losses .
3 But when the money runs out and they ca n't afford to pay for any more care patients have to wait for the next financial year .
4 She was heavily pregnant but she was questioned and made to wait for the next twelve hours without food or water .
5 Weather conditions precluded this , so he had to wait for the next scheduled plane from Wick to Kirkwall .
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