Example sentences of "have to wait an [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I leave at 7.30am and by 8am have checked Skipper over and given him a small handful of feed in his manger ( which seems to keep him happy when other horses are fed and means I do n't have to wait an hour for him to digest a full feed ) .
2 He had the good grace to apologise afterwards and I also expressed my gratitude that I did not have to wait an hour or so until the training was finished before I could obtain his team and get busy .
3 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 .
4 Then he had to wait an hour for a taxi , but made it just in time to introduce Phil Collins .
5 A TERRIFIED pensioner had to wait an hour for police to arrive after an attempted burglary at her Teesside home .
6 Those who were paid had to wait an average of eight weeks for payment .
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