Example sentences of "[verb] to wait for [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It sounded like a question , but he had never intended to wait for her answer . |
| 2 | Would the Minister like to clarify that now , or would he prefer to wait for his PPS ? |
| 3 | He seemed to wait for his words to sink in , then added , slowly and with emphasis , ‘ Pizarro was a thug . |
| 4 | You 've got to wait for your money have n't you ? |
| 5 | Ah , yo you 've got to wait for your cup of tea erm , they 've sort of gone a bit cold . |
| 6 | Accepting shareholders will have to wait for their cash for that period . |
| 7 | TWO Liverpool cousins who have become the first prison visitors awarded damages after a search ordeal will have to wait for their cash , following a Home Office decision to appeal against the award . |
| 8 | But until manufacturers and club professionals come to realise that a significant number play the game left-handed , the world of golf will just have to wait for its Gower , Seles , McEnroe and White . |
| 9 | Williams , who beat Trevor Currie on Tuesday night to add the European championship to his Commonwealth title , may have to wait for his shot at the British champion , though Mason rises to his former sparring partner 's rhetoric . |
| 10 | Williams , who beat Trevor Currie on Tuesday night to add the European championship to his Commonwealth title , may have to wait for his shot at the British champion , though Mason rises to his former sparring partner 's rhetoric . |
| 11 | I think though , your lamp you 're gon na have to wait for your lamp because that 's but you can have your desk |
| 12 | ‘ You 'll have to wait for your supper tonight , ’ announced the old girl . |
| 13 | His kiss was leisurely as if they had all the time in the world to explore each other , and he could afford to wait for her response , confident in his own powers of arousing it . |
| 14 | At home , where an admiral 's powers were much more restricted , and even the most favoured officers could expect to have to wait for their promotion until the end of the admiral 's period of command , when it was customary to make him the compliment of a few promotions on striking his flag , it was still possible to introduce new entrants to a seagoing life . |
| 15 | Then , without bothering to wait for her answer , he had swung round again and was heading imperiously for the group of gold-brocade-covered armchairs that stood in the curve of the huge bay window , overlooking the sun-burnished waters of Loch Lomond . |
| 16 | Real boulevard creation , making what is now the centre of West Berlin , around Kurfürstendamm , had to wait for its beginnings in the 1920s and its maturity under Allied rule in the 1960s . |
| 17 | They would have married sooner but had to wait for her divorce ; Pamela Chrimes told me that it took some time to obtain the evidence of adultery which was then necessary . |
| 18 | Even if other painters had to wait for their money , Zbo tried desperately hard to make sure that Modi did not go without . |
| 19 | They usually had to wait for their father to come home to decipher Davide 's news aloud to them . ) |
| 20 | It seems that it is not clarification of definition , tell that to the woman who looked for two , thirteen years after a stroke husband and they had to wait for his death , that you did n't sell him a dread disease policy because there is not clarification of definition . |
| 21 | There was a row of five chairs where people sat to wait for their turn . |
| 22 | They demand more resources for the school in their areas : they complain vociferously if they have to wait for their operations ; they demand that the state intervene to subsidise the price of the rail tickets from their commuter homes to their work . |
| 23 | ‘ We now have to wait for their report . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ We now have to wait for their report . ’ |
| 25 | No you have to wait for your lunch . |
| 26 | If you are selling a house and buying another one , you may find yourself in a position where you have to wait for your purchaser to complete , whereas your new home is ready . |
| 27 | individual , reliable appointment times which minimise the time you have to wait for your consultation and for any tests resulting from it ; |
| 28 | I just have to wait for his letter , but I think the sensible thing to do would be to talk to you about what he 's putting you on because a lot of these drugs are not without potential side effects . |