Example sentences of "[verb] to wait for [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Moss says independent software vendors do n't need to wait for Unix suppliers to release integrated offerings to begin application development and porting work — if they develop to TME now , applications should move across to integrated operating systems ‘ almost intact , ’ he claims .
2 Moss says independent software vendors do n't need to wait for Unix suppliers to release integrated offerings to begin application development and conversion work — if they develop to TME now , applications should move across to integrated operating systems ‘ almost intact , ’ he claims .
3 It is working with Intel on the project but has to wait for silicon before it attempts to actualise the product and turn it over to LSI Logic for manufacture .
4 Has to wait for food to be cooked and prepare to wait for it .
5 Since job D has to wait for completion of B , and only B , before it can start , the early start for D is 7 .
6 Since job D has to wait for completion of B , and only B , before it can start , the early start for D is 7 .
7 BRITONS are becoming a nation of tactical shoppers , prepared to wait for sale bargains , say analysts Verdict Research .
8 Daalny had acted , after all ; she must have taken the second key during Vespers , from the nail where at noon she had watched the porter hang the first one , but she had had to wait for near-darkness before using it .
9 ( 3 ) For purposes of subsection ( 1 ) ( b ) a person induced to take in payment a cheque or other security for money by way of conditional satisfaction of a pre-existing liability is to be treated not as being paid but as being induced to wait for payment .
10 The reason is that s.2(3) provides that , for the purposes of s.2(1) ( b ) in this situation only , the creditor is deemed to have been induced to wait for payment .
11 ‘ But they were going to wait for Floy to get back !
12 ‘ They are n't going to wait for Floy to come back , ’ said Caspar .
13 ’ Are we not going to wait for Frejji ? ’
14 ‘ You 've got to wait for Doctor to come along and give you permission .
15 We 'll have to wait for permission from the expatriate lady in Sweden . ’
16 Suggestive crop-marks at the point where the projected line of the defences meets the emerging east-west street have also been photographed from the air , but proof of another gate here will have to wait for excavation .
17 The user does not have to wait for interpretation , but can write ahead and subsequently correct errors .
18 ‘ I 'll just have to wait for Dad then , wo n't I ? ’
19 ‘ You 'll have to wait for morning .
20 If I could n't find it , I would have to wait for morning and steer north by my watch and the sun .
21 A trade agreement provided for a reduction of customs duties on goods traded by the two countries ( thus extending most favoured nation status to the Soviet Union and improving the competitiveness of each country 's goods in the other 's markets ) ; the agreement also provided for better copyright protection for US companies and for reductions in the time US companies would have to wait for approval to begin commercial operations in the Soviet Union .
22 But Ramsden 's ( illustrated ) did n't have to wait for television to make its name .
23 Certainly he was not waiting to see Artai — the Khan of the Merkuts was so powerful that he did not have to wait for audience like other men .
24 Sorry , you 'll have to wait for daddy 's clear .
25 The winches could then be run instantly without having to wait for steam to be available .
26 Banks and bondholders are being asked to wait for repayment of nearly £1 billion of its £1.2 billion debt .
27 This unexpected development was accompanied by a White House statement which said that " the nation can no longer afford to wait for Congress to act " on proposed legislation to allow inter-state banking .
28 Members of the local black community were enraged by reports that the driver of the vehicle , Yoseph Lisef , 22 , who had sustained only minor injuries , was quickly taken away from the scene of the accident by a private Jewish ambulance service , whilst the more seriously injured children were left to wait for attention from a city ambulance crew .
29 As we were leaving the theatre , we had to wait for Dad to shake hands in the foyer with some dignitaries .
30 Well a very close fought encounter at the stadium ; we had to wait for quarter of an hour for the first actual goal chance when Dave Bristow hit the ball from twenty five yards , which just cleared the bar .
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