Example sentences of "to wait another [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | But the Conservative conversion , at Disraeli 's prompting , to the cause of reform , had to wait another fifteen years . |
2 | He 'll then have to wait another 4 weeks before he 's allowed to apply for his passport to be returned . |
3 | But Roosevelt was close to death , and the British had to wait another two years until the " brain-wave " at last arrived in the form of discreet signals from the US State Department — signals which led in due course to the European Recovery Programme and Marshall Aid . |
4 | Becky laughed but had to wait another five days before she actually saw the young officer again . |
5 | The Roman Catholics had to wait another five years again , and I was already in Banbury when the Roman Catholic voluntary-aided secondary modern school was opened , in an odour of incense and the presence of an Archbishop . |
6 | If Dr Greene tells her it 's best to wait another four weeks for the sake of the baby , she 'll grit her teeth and wait another four weeks , ’ Belinda added . |
7 | A British tourist freed after two years in an Indian jail may have to wait another four months to leave the country . |
8 | Failing that , it would have to wait another twelve months . |
9 | We were to wait another six weeks before the fierce summer heat showed any sign of breaking . |
10 | But there was nothing that I or anyone else could do about it ; she , and we , had to wait another six months before she was finally gathered . |
11 | THREE Welshmen held in a Spanish jail for 17 months over the stabbing of a Turk were yesterday told they will have to wait another six months to be tried . |
12 | ‘ Is that a promise , Chris , or will I have to wait another six months before I bump into you — literally ? ’ |
13 | But , on this evidence , the 31-year-old former England international wo n't have to wait another ten months before linking up again . |
14 | It looks as if Mr Franklin and other shareholders will have to wait another three weeks for news on that front . |