Example sentences of "to wait [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Freda Bastianelli , the mother of four-month-old twin boys , who has a house on the shoreline , complained that another year was a long time to wait for a possible cure . |
| 2 | In those places where there is a delay in substantiation , faith is prepared to wait for a long time at the bar of history . |
| 3 | I remarked to my friend , ‘ You 'd have to wait for a long time to get a train from here , ’ he smiled and we both set off for the youth hostel down the road . |
| 4 | Last Friday the civil servant in charge of government policy on radioactive waste management reiterated Whitehall 's position that a solution to the disposal issue would have to wait for a future generation . |
| 5 | Will he beef up the public consultation procedures which his Department are currently casting aside like autumn leaves shrivelling on the ground , or do we have to wait for a Labour Government in the full flush of a green spring and summer to bring sense back into our planning system ? |
| 6 | Will we have to wait for a Labour Government before positive action is taken ? |
| 7 | In these cases I either have to wait for a passing walker and ask for assistance , try to reverse my direction or take the plunge and risk damage to chair and body . |
| 8 | Can I afford to wait for a young child to discover such procedures ? |
| 9 | In fact he had fully intended to wait for a suitable moonlit warm right , but the trying events of the day had put him so out of sorts that he could stand the waiting no longer . |
| 10 | Just nine first and you dial straight through , you do n't have to wait for a secondary dialling tone do you ? |
| 11 | I have to wait for a white actor to turn down a role because the stuff that they 're supposedly writing ‘ black ’ ai n't happenin' . |
| 12 | However , he went on to say that the acceptance of the existence of Communist China did not mean that Taiwan had abandoned its " one-China policy " and that the country was prepared to wait for a positive response to its proposals for unification on the basis of liberal democratic policies . |
| 13 | The Irish are patient enough to wait for a lucky break . |
| 14 | I had to wait for a considerable time for the expanse of blue sky above my chosen scene ( figure XX ) to be substantial enough for photography . |
| 15 | You can use this function to wait for a specified time for a key to be pressed . |
| 16 | The lifetime of the proton in a nucleus is predicted to be greater than 1025 years , so it is not feasible to wait for a sufficient number of transmuted atoms to accumulate . |
| 17 | The Lancashire skipper then had to wait for a tense two minute trial by television to decide whether he could continue his burgeoning innings . |
| 18 | Harriet was allowed to wait in a small ante-room until the verdict was brought in . |
| 19 | These simple changes to her father 's response enable this mildly handicapped child to acquire the socially necessary ability to wait in a definite and positive manner . |
| 20 | I went to the castle and was asked to wait in a comfortable room . |