Example sentences of "to wait [prep] an [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As they crossed to the supermarket they had to wait as an assistant wearing a jacket over his uniform wheeled a long line of trolleys from a loading bay into the store . |
| 2 | We had to wait for an hour for our connection to Frankfurt . |
| 3 | Sometimes he would have to wait for an hour or more before he could find someone to carry him to the Collector 's side . |
| 4 | Or whether you 've had to wait for an hour in the rain for the bus to come along , whether you 're in a good mood or a bad mood . |
| 5 | Heather Courtley , whose son was the patient who had to wait for an hour , said she was not reassured . |
| 6 | To prepare this article I had to wait for an event on a day when the visibility was gin-clear to get good photographs from my open cockpit Jodel D9 , using a telephoto lens at various focal lengths to obtain the required framing . |
| 7 | With no time to wait for an ambulance , Colin , 27 , rang the midwife who issued instructions as he dashed up and down the stairs between the phone and the bathroom . |
| 8 | Meanwhile , Pogo would just have to wait for an answer . |
| 9 | But , although she smiled briefly at Folly in a friendly enough way , she seemed too distracted to wait for an answer , and started to usher them inside . |
| 10 | I must ask my right hon. Friend to wait for an answer to his question about persistent offenders . |
| 11 | But , alas , she was destined to have to wait for an answer , as Nettie , the housekeeper , chose that very moment to come into the room carrying a tea-tray . |
| 12 | She seemed to wait for an initiative from her friend . |
| 13 | Turning to those who were referred by the GP to another agency , a major problem experienced by this group was the length of time they had to wait for an appointment ( see also Watson 1985 ) . |
| 14 | An excited buzz went through the audience , they giggled conspiratorially and settled back to wait with an air of expectancy . |
| 15 | He implied that a united Germany might have to wait on an end to the division of Europe . |