Example sentences of "have wait [num] years " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Jacob learns what it feels like to be cheated himself , even on a wedding night for which he has waited seven years ! |
| 2 | These machines are so rare that one like Ingrid 's , new , could cost £80,000 , and she might have had to wait four years for delivery . |
| 3 | I had had to wait seven years for Evans 's pardon and another seven years for Meehan 's , and , knowing the reluctance of the Home Office even to consider whether a mistake has been made , far less admit it , I had little hopes of any quick remedial action . |
| 4 | BAD NEWS for anyone wanting to move : you will probably have to wait two years for a substantial recovery in the housing market . |
| 5 | Would it be done in the first year of a Labour Government , in the first Labour Parliament , or in two or three terms , or will there be an exchange rate mechanism-type growing process whereby we get used to the idea over 10 or 15 years and the Scots can have it immediately because they are culturally and politically ready for it , but the people of the north , who are not that bothered , will have to wait 15 years until they see the advantages that will supposedly accrue to Scotland and then will mount the barricades and demand the same for themselves ? |
| 6 | They should have waited two years more , Henry thought bitterly , until the people had come to hate me even more than they hated Richard . |
| 7 | but if he had sent him to the eye hospital he 'd have waited two years . |
| 8 | He paused , allowing her to assimilate it before adding , ‘ Having waited six years , I can probably wait a little longer . |
| 9 | Perhaps she should have had a brother or sister for Tina , though being well into her forties by then and having waited twelve years for Tina to come along made that impossible . |
| 10 | That was in 1977 and Hope had to wait two years before making his second attempt . |
| 11 | Of the other three , Port Erin had to wait 58 years for its lifeboat station , being formed only in 1882 , while those suggested for Jurby and Laxey never materialised . |
| 12 | His first Grand Prix was the 1951 Swiss when he was in a British HWM but he had to wait four years for his first success . |
| 13 | Residents had to wait four years to elect their council after receiving that bill . |
| 14 | But The Stars Bow Down , with its biblical theme of Joseph and his brethren , though published in 1939 had to wait ten years before it was performed at the Malvern festival . |
| 15 | ‘ Little Fav ’ ( he seemed everybody 's favourite , with his bouncy , cheerful disposition ) had to wait three years before his next Test appearance , though he continued to bamboozle many a batsman in domestic cricket . |
| 16 | Drivers and conductors had to wait three years , they had to be employed three years before they were accepted into the pension scheme but you know , believe me I 'm glad that I paid in for it . |
| 17 | This prevented him from taking part in yesterday 's pre-qualifying after he had waiting 10 years for the chance of an F1 drive . |
| 18 | ‘ I 've waited sixteen years to hear from my father and they can wait for as long as I can drag this thing out . |
| 19 | I 've waited six years already , remember . |
| 20 | The production you 've waited eight years for ? |
| 21 | We 've waited three years . |
| 22 | Leeds United had waited 18 years for success following their domination of English football in the early 1970s . |
| 23 | It looks at the reasons for dissatisfaction at the ways in which complaints are handled , highlighting an example of an elderly couple who had waited two years for someone to come round with a colour chart , prior to decorating the outside of their house . |
| 24 | The couple had waited ten years to have a child , only for driving instructor David to fall into a delirium with appendicitis as Helen went into labour . |
| 25 | For one night at least , one member of the quartet who hijacked the course of popular music lived up to the hopes of those who had waited 23 years for the moment . |
| 26 | If you are sent to prison for up to six months , you have to wait seven years ; a fine is wiped clean after five years and probation or conditional discharge takes one year . |
| 27 | I have waited 20 years for a decision on the Ardrossan-Saltcoats-Stevenston bypass , and I am sure that the Minister will give me a favourable result before I retire at the next election . |
| 28 | In fact if the previous speaker has complained about waiting in patience , I have waited forty years to tell this story in the assembly because a young minister flatly contradicted a giant of the church , Dr John , the protagonist of national church extension . |
| 29 | Denying the report , Mr Brown said : ‘ These anonymous accusers have waited 15 years to tell these lies . |
| 30 | He will appoint a combination team of baby boomers and the old guard , some of whom have waited 12 years for another crack at running the country . |