Example sentences of "have wait a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | He might have waited an hour , she thought , and returned briskly to the kitchen just as Luch drift ed in for the soup . |
| 32 | He had to wait a quarter of an hour , but six or seven minutes after that he was climbing the weedy steps to the quay on the other side . |
| 33 | Yeah oh yeah I did n't work anywhere else in Willenhall at all , and erm but we 'd got to be in for seven o'clock and if erm you were n't in for seven o'clock and sometimes I used to hear the bell began ringing when I got to go around the corner and get into the , but you had to wait a quarter of an hour before they would let you in and that was stopped off your money and my wage was eight and fourpence a week . |
| 34 | Gedanken had to wait a minute for her eyes to get used to the inky black darkness again . |
| 35 | 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 . |
| 36 | And he only had to wait a couple of erm points left on his licence so if I 'd taken the dangerous thriving or something he could have lost his licence but erm that 's besides the point . |
| 37 | Indeed , it was something of a typically topsy-turvy but none the less gritty performance from Durie , who missed a match point at 5-3 and then had to wait an hour to complete the encounter after rain fell at the end of the ninth game . |
| 38 | Then he had to wait an hour for a taxi , but made it just in time to introduce Phil Collins . |
| 39 | A TERRIFIED pensioner had to wait an hour for police to arrive after an attempted burglary at her Teesside home . |
| 40 | Those who were paid had to wait an average of eight weeks for payment . |
| 41 | Now he wished he had waited a year and a half and done the same thing here . |
| 42 | Apparently , if I had waited a bit longer prices would have been much higher . |
| 43 | you see I moved a bit more now but and I I 've still got good hearing er apart from this ear here , this ear , I ca n't hear so well , quite so well , this side , you see so I always have to say excuse me while I , hang on while I turn off the television , you see , and then they have to wait a minute till I turn it off and then what I do is because I have this phone extension put in |
| 44 | You have to wait a minute ! |
| 45 | I have to wait a while before I get a second chub , but it is worth it for this one weighs 4lb 10oz and fights like a demon . |
| 46 | As my hon. Friend rightly pointed out , no patient in his area waits for more than two years and there has been a dramatic fall in the number of those who have to wait a year . |
| 47 | She added : ‘ Even if you have to wait a year , it 's a long time if you 're worried about it . ’ |
| 48 | French ministers must give up their seats to substitutes , who then have to wait a month before they may vote . |
| 49 | By the time the first bell rings , I have waited an hour . |