Example sentences of "to wait a [noun] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | CHRIS Patten may have to wait a year or two before he returns to the Commons . |
| 2 | ( The trouble with that was that so many All Blacks and Springboks and older British Internationals were at the University he would be better advised to wait a year or two . ) |
| 3 | Where the remedy has been too ‘ strong ’ for the patient 's vitality this has always shown itself on the first few doses and it has merely been necessary to wait a day or two for the over-reaction to settle and then to begin again using greater dilution . |
| 4 | The key is to be prepared to wait a day or two if necessary , which is no bad thing as the North Rim is a beautiful spot in its own right . |
| 5 | He had the good grace to apologise afterwards and I also expressed my gratitude that I did not have to wait an hour or so until the training was finished before I could obtain his team and get busy . |