Example sentences of "[verb] have to wait [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Worse still , the unique Gynaecological Oncology Unit at Bart 's was full — she was going to have to wait two weeks for a bed there . |
| 2 | Other people who have contributed money all their lives to the NHS since it began have to wait 51 weeks for a hip replacement . |
| 3 | These machines are so rare that one like Ingrid 's , new , could cost £80,000 , and she might have had to wait four years for delivery . |
| 4 | He had had to wait four hours in the out-patients department , he said . |
| 5 | I had had to wait seven years for Evans 's pardon and another seven years for Meehan 's , and , knowing the reluctance of the Home Office even to consider whether a mistake has been made , far less admit it , I had little hopes of any quick remedial action . |