Example sentences of "to wait [subord] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It means that when they have a tip off that devil worshippers are slaughtering animals , they have to wait until the animal is ill treated before they can act . |
| 2 | Or do you want to wait until the Law turns up ? ’ |
| 3 | Changes will have to wait until the money is available . |
| 4 | Changes will have to wait until the money is available . |
| 5 | If extensions and enhancements are required , they will probably have to wait until the system is replaced . |
| 6 | I decided to wait until the sea took me somewhere safer on the north side of the island . |
| 7 | But most teachers with amorous intent are wise enough to wait until the girls are in the sixth form . |
| 8 | Unable to turn , Chant had to wait until the man walked past his supine body to get a sight of him . |
| 9 | But we did have to wait until the chimpanzees completely accepted out presence before we were able to observe the other food-gathering behaviour that truly sets apart the forest chimpanzees — regular co-operative hunting . |
| 10 | But news of the delay means many prefer to wait until the reservoir 's future becomes more certain . |
| 11 | I was hoping to catch some of the little pests out early but , if I had to , I was prepared to wait until the sun went down . |
| 12 | Hounslow had to wait until the second-half before England 's Martyn Grimley scored their first goal in a 3-0 win over Lyons , the Poundstretcher Second Division side . |
| 13 | Michael Croucher thought it would be better to wait until the question of the enhancement of The Square was rediscussed and to incorporate any decision or changes into that scheme . |
| 14 | In June the UVF in Belfast told Sunday Life the organisation was prepared to wait until the checkpoints were removed before stepping up its campaign . |
| 15 | Both resolve to wait until the GP has performed the pregnancy test before telling anyone , even though the GP 's pregnancy test uses much the same sort of chemistry as the commercial one and is hardly more reliable or definitive . |
| 16 | I have already mentioned that November and March are the two periods relevant and it is advisable to give the earliest convenient general alert to a parliamentary agent of the necessity for an order and not to wait until the details have all been thrashed out before contacting him . |
| 17 | But she would have to wait until the dog was fast asleep before going into the garden . |
| 18 | Would it not have been better for them to wait until the children came home for Christmas ? |
| 19 | While welcoming the first signs of an upturn in UK demand , boss Bruce Cohen warns that any full-blooded recovery will have to wait until the housing market gets moving . |
| 20 | Instead I would advise that person to wait until the economy picks up , and maybe then there will be an increase in demand . |
| 21 | Will they have to wait until the starship completes its ten-year journey ? |
| 22 | I had to wait until the female was bulging-ripe , so within a few days she was brooding . |
| 23 | Villagers in Middleton St George have been advised they will have to wait until the bypass is built before bus stop congestion problems are solved . |
| 24 | He had to wait until the coronation of Richard II before receiving an earldom , and his endowment with part of the Bohun inheritance was scarcely sufficient for one of his rank . |
| 25 | Michael Meacher , the shadow Secretary of State for Employment , said that such definitions would have to wait until the party formed a government and the details were worked out between ministers and officials . |
| 26 | I wanted to wait until the pictures were developed and until I could make a written report . ’ |
| 27 | Of course , you have to wait until the nut has warmed up to savour it , but experiments are currently in progress to determine whether a frozen and thawed Brazil remains easy to deal with . |
| 28 | The Colonel , trained in the proper management of war , diagnosed the General 's crude enthusiasm as excitement and gently tried to calm the old man by explaining that the sensible course was to wait until the artillery reached the town , and only then to mount an attack on the infantry who guarded the barricaded bridge . |
| 29 | I think in terms of public order and violence on the streets , then it 's to court disaster to wait until the disruption actually happens . |
| 30 | Nora had wanted to take Constance down to Louise in Surrey for her birthday so that it could be a family celebration but she decided to wait until the start of the summer holidays in order that they might spend several weeks there . |