Example sentences of "[vb infin] wait a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Would you prefer to wait a moment , to collect your thoughts and prepare yourself spiritually ? ’ asked the ambience . |
| 2 | I do n't know , wait a minute till I see if I can where can I , can you see wait a minute , I 'll show James first . |
| 3 | We do n't mind waiting a bit . ’ |
| 4 | Lesley rummaged in the depths of her calf handbag for a matching key-case as they crossed at the lights , and flicked out the smallest of the keys on the bunch it contained ‘ You wo n't mind waiting a minute for me ? |
| 5 | Look , you 'll have to wait a minute while I get some gloves . |
| 6 | You want biscuits , well we 've got some biscuits , but you 'll just have to wait a minute , I ca n't unpack everything now , alright , right let's see if we can find the car Get you two in the car first I think , right then , oh , what a heavy trolley full of food Oh dear , dear , dear , will you please put your feet down Charlotte , stop me being kicked . |
| 7 | two two erm thingies two Jaffa Cakes two ba box of Jaffa Cakes and Mini Cheddars then I 'll have to wait a minute please have to wait again , and then a Coke er erm er er er erm doo doo . |
| 8 | to pick him he 's , he went out , he said I said to them , you 'll have to wait a minute my mother ai n't been very well , and I was ironing his shirt , he wo n't nothing to do |
| 9 | for ya , well we could , you 'll have to wait a minute now |
| 10 | Positive thinking will have to wait a while , but it augurs well for one of the young ringsiders who turned up in his smartest suit and said : ‘ What a disgusting fight ; I wish I 'd worn my tracksuit . ’ |
| 11 | Although the plant will have the capability to make it , low-calorie frozen yogurt — that most decadent of Western desserts — may have to wait a while . |
| 12 | If indeed , as Le Figaro magazine has said , AIDS is a ‘ world war ’ , the definitive account of the war will have to wait a while . |
| 13 | ‘ I think you 'll have to wait a while before you get another chance to be captain . ’ |
| 14 | It is left to Minerva to give a more balanced view ; reporting on a large trial of the same drug she notes ‘ men hoping for a drug treatment for benign prostatic hypertrophy will have to wait a while longer … small improvements in a urinary flow rate and a small reduction in the size of the gland have to be balanced against negative effect on both libido and potency . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Did n't you warn Jones that he 'd have to wait a while ? ’ |
| 16 | But the next episode of this little soap opera will have to wait a while . |
| 17 | FILM star Jenny Seagrove will have to wait a while yet for her Grand Opera House debut . |
| 18 | they want somebody to go down so we could have but a bit but , mum cos he said well you 'll have to wait a while ! |
| 19 | CHRIS Patten may have to wait a year or two before he returns to the Commons . |
| 20 | Usually in the Labour party any other organization you 're gon na have to wait a year but the women did n't . |
| 21 | So he might get his wall built but he might have to wait a year before he starts it . |
| 22 | We had an officer here wanting you to make a statement , but he 'll have to wait a couple of days . |
| 23 | Do n't think to yourself that you will have to wait a week for that garter stitch sweater — that 's the negative approach . |
| 24 | Could n't they have waited a bit longer after the expense of Christmas ? |
| 25 | He could have waited a year before he paid the tax but he always paid it immediately . |
| 26 | Few other landowners could afford to wait a generation for the return of their money , if it was to come back at all . |