Example sentences of "[vb infin] to wait a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , I — I 'd like to wait a little while , I suppose . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Then they may have to wait a long time . |
| 3 | Most modern chemists would probably say that we 'd have to wait a long time by the standards of a human lifetime , but perhaps not all that long by the standards of cosmological time . |
| 4 | Is she making a promise to the British people that this improvement will be financed by an increase in taxation , or that , just as the Conservative Government have always aspired to improve that target , so will a Labour Government , and the British people will have to wait a long time for such an improvement to materialise ? |
| 5 | She might have to wait a wee while but I think she 'll get on , yes . |
| 6 | Another example of that for instance , and this is something we 'll , we 'll have to wait a full explanation of this we 'll have to wait a little bit later itself . |
| 7 | Another example of that for instance , and this is something we 'll , we 'll have to wait a full explanation of this we 'll have to wait a little bit later itself . |
| 8 | which is useful when they may have to wait a whole year for payment for their wheat harvest , or for the sale of fat cattle . |