Example sentences of "[verb] to wait in [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have had to wait in patience all these years . ’ |
| 2 | In any case , Sparta was evidently up to something big ; unable , after disciplining Phokis , to return overland — the Athenians now possessed Megara , it must be remembered , also Pegai , a strategically useful port on the Corinthian Gulf — they decided to wait in Boiotia for a while . |
| 3 | Bitstream are intending to get round this limitation by getting in league with the various page description language manufacturers and producing real-time fonts through their languages but as none of these are currently delivering we will have to wait in order to judge the result . |
| 4 | Her proof is in the restaurant trade : ‘ Even fast food restaurants ( do ) not seem fast , because at home you do n't have to wait in line . ’ |
| 5 | She asked , ’ What is the NHS coming to , that I should have to wait in pain , discomfort and distress for my operation ? ’ |
| 6 | Queueing or having to wait in shops is disliked ; so are certain kinds of shops — in some the large supermarket , and in some the small corner shop . |
| 7 | Half the kids stay to wait in line . |
| 8 | Doctors told her she needed an emergency hysterectomy , but because of a bed shortage she had to wait in agony for three-and-a-half hours . |
| 9 | So I had to wait in suspense . |
| 10 | It was through their influence that Goodricke was appointed as minister-resident to Sweden in 1758 ; he had to wait in Copenhagen until 1764 before the Swedish government resumed diplomatic relations with Britain that had been severed at the outset of the Seven Years ' War . |