Example sentences of "to wait [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lutton , reasonably happy with his performance in last weekend 's Irish trials in Dublin , accepts he may have to wait that little bit longer to gain Irish recognition . |
| 2 | Then I had to wait some three years , and the attitude in hospital and lack of administrative efficiency was unpleasantly conspicuous . |
| 3 | The farmers had to wait some considerable time for compensation , and when it came it was not the expected bonanza . |
| 4 | But the Conservative conversion , at Disraeli 's prompting , to the cause of reform , had to wait another fifteen years . |
| 5 | Fans of Mr Fox hope they do n't have to wait another twebty years to see him here again . |
| 6 | He 'll then have to wait another 4 weeks before he 's allowed to apply for his passport to be returned . |
| 7 | But Roosevelt was close to death , and the British had to wait another two years until the " brain-wave " at last arrived in the form of discreet signals from the US State Department — signals which led in due course to the European Recovery Programme and Marshall Aid . |
| 8 | Becky laughed but had to wait another five days before she actually saw the young officer again . |
| 9 | The Roman Catholics had to wait another five years again , and I was already in Banbury when the Roman Catholic voluntary-aided secondary modern school was opened , in an odour of incense and the presence of an Archbishop . |
| 10 | If Dr Greene tells her it 's best to wait another four weeks for the sake of the baby , she 'll grit her teeth and wait another four weeks , ’ Belinda added . |
| 11 | A British tourist freed after two years in an Indian jail may have to wait another four months to leave the country . |
| 12 | Failing that , it would have to wait another twelve months . |
| 13 | We were to wait another six weeks before the fierce summer heat showed any sign of breaking . |
| 14 | But there was nothing that I or anyone else could do about it ; she , and we , had to wait another six months before she was finally gathered . |
| 15 | THREE Welshmen held in a Spanish jail for 17 months over the stabbing of a Turk were yesterday told they will have to wait another six months to be tried . |
| 16 | ‘ Is that a promise , Chris , or will I have to wait another six months before I bump into you — literally ? ’ |
| 17 | But , on this evidence , the 31-year-old former England international wo n't have to wait another ten months before linking up again . |
| 18 | It looks as if Mr Franklin and other shareholders will have to wait another three weeks for news on that front . |
| 19 | Well I do n't want to do that any more cos you 've got to wait three damn weeks nearly for the blasted things to come and then if they 're no good you 've got to send them back . |
| 20 | She had to wait three more days until Sunday , and it was difficult to hide her excitement . |
| 21 | More mundanely , most likely , prepare to have the family for which they had to wait many wearing years . |
| 22 | About 60 p.c. will be A bonds , so investors expecting redemption in 1994 may have to wait several extra years for full repayment : holders are likely to seek higher interest rates as compensation . |
| 23 | Previously they had to wait twenty eight days before doing so . |
| 24 | The only difference then would have been that he would have had to sign , and then we would have had to wait two more weeks ; and I 'll tell you , it 's interesting , with the bill the way it 's written , to put that on the Carrington case would have meant his being alive and suffering two more weeks and honestly , I would have had to do something like that in two weeks , probably because we 'd have to work hard on him . |
| 25 | She had to wait four more days . |