Example sentences of "have wait [prep] a " in BNC.
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1 | To find its most lasting realization , Charlie 's vision would have to wait for a bank clerk who did understand metempsychosis , and who had not only a commercial education gained in an underground room at Lloyds Bank , but also a knowledge of Greek . |
2 | Last Friday the civil servant in charge of government policy on radioactive waste management reiterated Whitehall 's position that a solution to the disposal issue would have to wait for a future generation . |
3 | I remarked to my friend , ‘ You 'd have to wait for a long time to get a train from here , ’ he smiled and we both set off for the youth hostel down the road . |
4 | On February 27 she was told only a heart transplant would save her husband 's life and they would have to wait for a donor . |
5 | But they may have to wait for a year , and maybe even two , before the brief , dramatic cycle can begin all over again . |
6 | At Darlington , so that they would not have to wait for a connection , they had hired a special train to Richmond , where they were met . |
7 | It would have to wait for a more opportune time , she decided , and replaced the receiver . |
8 | But the point of our ‘ numbers of planets ’ argument is that , even if the chemist said that we 'd have to wait for a ‘ miracle ’ , have to wait a billion billion years — far longer than the universe has existed , we can still accept this verdict with equanimity . |
9 | Will he beef up the public consultation procedures which his Department are currently casting aside like autumn leaves shrivelling on the ground , or do we have to wait for a Labour Government in the full flush of a green spring and summer to bring sense back into our planning system ? |
10 | Will we have to wait for a Labour Government before positive action is taken ? |
11 | I also think that erm it 's up to erm us — I mean if you think of us as a whole travel industry — to really take a look at what we are providing and compare it with what is provided in other countries ; the standards of service , how long do you have to wait for a meal when you 're sitting down to eat in a restaurant , what are people used to in France and Germany and the USA ? |
12 | Just nine first and you dial straight through , you do n't have to wait for a secondary dialling tone do you ? |
13 | IF tomorrow 's semi-final between Liverpool and Portsmouth at Highbury requires a replay , it will have to wait until a week on Monday , because of Thursday 's General Election . |
14 | He should have waited for a better moment instead of acting impulsively . |
15 | They could easily have waited for a few days . ’ |