Example sentences of "wait [prep] an [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a good idea to turn the main stopcock off and on once or twice each year to keep its mechanism free and not wait for an emergency to discover that it has jammed open . |
| 2 | In the North , three similar cases including a five-year-old York girl Sarah Hendry 's 14month wait for an operation to cure glue ear , were revealed . |
| 3 | He would just have to play along for a while and wait for an opportunity . |
| 4 | PAMELA : [ alone ] After what has passed I must leave this house and go to the next town and wait for an opportunity to get home to my parents . |
| 5 | There was a long wait for an answer . |
| 6 | He made her wait for an answer as he topped the teapot up with hot water and Ruth 's imagination went off on its own . |
| 7 | There was always a long wait for an appointment , sometimes up to a month , and women were only kept in for 24 hours if it was a normal birth . |
| 8 | The consequences of a low initial limit was that a solicitor would either have to stop work at an early stage and wait for an extension to be authorised , which ‘ is time-consuming , causes delay and raises difficulties with clients , ’ or work on without an extension . |