Example sentences of "wait a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A man wid wait a long while fur a Glesca Keelie at a ceilidh and no mistake . |
| 2 | Even here , one could wait a long time . |
| 3 | ‘ We might wait a long time ! ’ he said . |
| 4 | But she would wait a full minute at least before answering . |
| 5 | I said a bit , and I never let him know , I thought I 'll wait a little bit until he go so he says to me , he says I bet you do n't know why they put the damper in just before they 'd put the , bring the ball out do you ? |
| 6 | Often I could wait a whole day and not catch sight of it . |
| 7 | Indulging in litigation may mean that you have to expend substantial sums of money and wait a long time before achieving victory ; to lose could prove very costly . |
| 8 | It is my experience that whenever I try to combine shooting and ferreting I wait a long time for the chance of a shot , then there is something else to be done . |
| 9 | Is he aware that even when people are examined , are found to have cataracts and wait a long time for the operation , some of them — such as a 91-year-old constituent of mine — are told that Royal Oldham hospital , which has been granted trust status , does not have the money to provide the necessary medicines and has money to help only the elderly ? |
| 10 | You have , yeah , you have to wait at least you have wait a certain amount of years . |
| 11 | Wait a wee second . |
| 12 | Wait a fucking minute here … |
| 13 | Try activating again , or wait a little while before re-activation . |
| 14 | PLEASE WAIT A LITTLE WHILE |
| 15 | However , I would suggest you wait a little while before making your final decision . |
| 16 | Just sit very still and wait a little while . |
| 17 | Preferably wait a whole day . |
| 18 | ‘ Wait a damned minute — ’ |
| 19 | Almost all patients were restricted to bed in the medical intensive care unit during the index admission while waiting a suitable donor organ . |
| 20 | I would not have thought such a style of waiting a great stimulant to appetite . ’ |
| 21 | And he answered : ‘ Yes , I have been waiting a long time , waiting to hear you say that . |
| 22 | I want music to frighten me like T Rex or Johnny Rotten : I 'll be waiting a long time for that in Dublin . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Our fans have been waiting a long time for a game like Sunday 's . |
| 24 | Well Newcastle folk have been waiting a long time , and we all badly want to give them something to celebrate . ’ |
| 25 | There were only three crumpled cigarette-packs , a sign that whoever had been in the truck had possibly been waiting a long time . |
| 26 | I have been waiting a long time for a British magazine to offer intelligent coverage of mainstream sport in a way that Sports Illustrated , among others in America , seems to do effortlessly . |
| 27 | Stella kept them waiting a long time , and when she did appear she sprinted off down the street ahead of them . |
| 28 | ‘ Sounds as if you 've been waiting a long time , ’ she said soothingly . |
| 29 | I 've been waiting a long time , watching the roads , asking about new arrivals in the large towns . |
| 30 | ‘ Well ? ’ she says as though she 's been waiting a long time . |