Example sentences of "[noun] have wait [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clough has waited a long time for a decent run to establish himself after more than two years as squad makeweight . |
| 2 | And farther down the loch had waited the frigate that would escort it out to sea and stay with it , someone had told her , until it reached the safety of deep water . |
| 3 | She was still distressed and could have wished that Mr. Crowther had waited a little longer before telling her about her inheritance , when the sadness and regret she felt about Aunt Alicia 's death was not so overpowering . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Straining the last possible revolutions from her roaring Paxman engines , the old lady of the fleet , Vigilant was first to reach Guiding Lights , but despite darkness and mist had to wait no more than a few minutes for the other cutters to join her — a feat of seamanship that later lead to great praise from their Investigation colleagues ashore . |
| 6 | Darlington had waited a long time for a shopping centre , she said , but the wait had its advantages . |
| 7 | Gedanken had to wait a minute for her eyes to get used to the inky black darkness again . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | A TERRIFIED pensioner had to wait an hour for police to arrive after an attempted burglary at her Teesside home . |
| 10 | Residents had to wait a year before they could put in claims and it 's only now that they 're getting their offers through , based on the district valuer 's assessment of the value of their homes . |
| 11 | It was a day that twenty one soldiers had waited a long time to see . |