Example sentences of "had wait for [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 As we were leaving the theatre , we had to wait for Dad to shake hands in the foyer with some dignitaries .
2 Well a very close fought encounter at the stadium ; we had to wait for quarter of an hour for the first actual goal chance when Dave Bristow hit the ball from twenty five yards , which just cleared the bar .
3 Similar decisions were reached in the cases involving hole in the heart babies who had to wait for treatment because of a shortage of trained specialist nursing staff .
4 IF DODGE City and Tombstone had to wait for movie star-type heroes to save them from the outlaws who were over-running the communities , would they stand by the lawmen if it looked like the bad guys were n't going to stay beat ?
5 Cold with fear , she had waited for take-off , willing it not to happen , knowing it would .
6 After the chill of excitement , the ungovernable strangeness of the moment , they had waited for retribution , certain it would come .
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