Example sentences of "to wait [art] [noun] for " in BNC.

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1 Gedanken had to wait a minute for her eyes to get used to the inky black darkness again .
2 I expected to wait a while for a spawning , but within two weeks they surprised me .
3 Few other landowners could afford to wait a generation for the return of their money , if it was to come back at all .
4 Do n't think to yourself that you will have to wait a week for that garter stitch sweater — that 's the negative approach .
5 Instead he has to wait a week for next Saturday 's Victoria Ground clash with Swansea .
6 I leave at 7.30am and by 8am have checked Skipper over and given him a small handful of feed in his manger ( which seems to keep him happy when other horses are fed and means I do n't have to wait an hour for him to digest a full feed ) .
7 Then he had to wait an hour for a taxi , but made it just in time to introduce Phil Collins .
8 A TERRIFIED pensioner had to wait an hour for police to arrive after an attempted burglary at her Teesside home .
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