Example sentences of "to wait [prep] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The temptation for a band may be to say that there is too much hassle attached to gigging in the Soviet Union and to wait for better times . |
| 2 | They were repeatedly told he was too busy , and when finally , at the eleventh hour , they were granted a meeting , some sort of communication problem caused Mrs Sue Amphlett and her associate to be sent from one building to another and then to wait for some time in the wrong one , until they had to leave to finish the report in time for the news conference they had called . |
| 3 | She had to wait for some time before the door was opened , and she hoped very much that it would be opened by Clelia , but it was not ; it was opened by a thin , brown , balding , youngish looking man . |
| 4 | Electrical stimulation could produce dramatic effects , but the proper study of electro-physiology had to wait for some time until it was possible to record small electrical potentials . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm sorry to disappoint you , but Hadrian and his wall will have to wait for another time . ’ |
| 6 | Because the conductor always had to wait until such time as the queue was diminished quite a bit and hi his tramcar was full so that the next tramcar come along er coming along , whatever number , was to be d the same thing happening again . |
| 7 | So if you have already decided to apply you are best to wait until this time to come to visit . |
| 8 | ‘ Maybe her studies ought to wait till another time , ’ she added . |