Example sentences of "have wait " in BNC.

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31 What happens if Well , oh sa , pwurgh , I do n't know , I mean she has to wait for a week .
32 These results caused Jonah Barrington , the former world No. 1 who has waited an age for signs of Englishmen who might become world beaters in the way that he did , to make an interesting boast .
33 Jacob learns what it feels like to be cheated himself , even on a wedding night for which he has waited seven years !
34 In the novel , the central character , Fenny Skaller , has waited in vain for a new young acquaintance to keep an appointment .
35 After this freak show , we are led inexorably to what everyone has waited for ; the re-assemblage of The Birthday Party for a mini-greatest hits package of ‘ Dead Joe ’ , ‘ Wild World ’ , and ‘ Nick The Stripper ’ .
36 FRANCIS AMPOFO , who has waited a year to reclaim the British flyweight title , tonight challenges Scotland 's James Drummond in London .
37 In welcoming everyone present to the celebration , the Bishop stressed that ‘ patience had its own reward ’ , as the people of Hemlington has waited over 14 years for their own centre .
38 The unprecedented admission about the state of the royal marriage yesterday , on the last day of their Korean tour , was what the Princess of Wales has waited since June 7 to hear .
39 Yet the mega-buck manager of Ewood could have had little complaint — Rovers lost to a side who played revivalist football of a kind manager Howard Kendall has waited 22 months to see .
40 And an age of empire past , it has waited for the world to come to it .
41 Friedrich Bremer has waited long for another victim , and is eager to begin .
42 Industry watchers say IBM has waited too long to roll-out the AIX database and predict it will only shore up dedicated IBM mainframe clients — users with RS/6000s running Sybase Inc and Oracle Corp databases are unlikely candidates , the company admits .
43 That God has waited until this late hour to create a situation in which it is right to ordain women also ?
44 ‘ Donkey has waited for a few minutes .
45 Computer has waited for fifteen thousand years .
46 ‘ She has waited a long time for rest .
47 She has waited patiently for this ending . ’
48 ‘ And he has waited long enough , ’ Felipe said , looking down at Maggie .
49 Clough has waited a long time for a decent run to establish himself after more than two years as squad makeweight .
50 Maria Cossins has waited nearly ten years to sue North Tees Health Authority .
51 — Graham Robb , Tory candidate for hartlepool , said a three-year-old girl whose father claims she has waited over a year for surgery is to get her operation .
52 Mrs Linley , who has waited more than a year to swap her previous house in Trafford Close for a larger property , feared she might have to replace the lock herself .
53 Andy 's form is exceptional and he has waited such a long time to make the jersey his own that he will not want to miss a game . ’
54 If she 'd waited another year she would have garnered twice the price , as the yuppie age was dawning , but unfortunately for herself and her family , Jane had no financial sense whatsoever , except , thanks perhaps to her Scottish ancestry , she always spent as little as possible .
55 He 'd messed up his note-book , scared off the hen pheasant that he 'd waited ages to lure to the feeding ground , nicked his helmet , that was all .
56 One young girl who had stood giggling at the hapless Mark for more than ten minutes was told that she could go back to her department as she 'd waited long enough .
57 Pottz was pressured into taking off because he 'd waited too long .
58 ‘ I would 'ave helped yer move yer trunk and chair if yer 'd waited . ’
59 He 'd forgotten to shut up his dogs ; they 'd waited patiently outside the front door .
60 And with Forest still at the bottom of the Premier League , Clough insisted : ‘ If I 'd waited to offer him the contract after Saturday he may have blown it .
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