Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] wait [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had to wait four days before I could risk flying her again . |
| 2 | I had to wait two hours before seeing him as he was in conference with a producer . |
| 3 | At the hospital , I had to wait thirty minutes before getting attention . |
| 4 | I went to the doctor , but he just sent a letter to the Detox Unit and I had to wait three months [ for the appointment ] . |
| 5 | ‘ I had waited 385 days to see him , the one I love ’ ; ‘ I love Morrissey ’ ; ‘ How could anyone be as wonderful as he is ? ’ |
| 6 | I had waited 385 days to see him , the one I love . |
| 7 | ‘ I 've waited two days for you . |
| 8 | Day 14 ) Not only has Dave been on a raft the last week but today — honest Dave , I 've waited two months for that 50 bucks you promised me not to reveal this , but it has not arrived — he got off the raft and walked around Upset . |
| 9 | I 've waited six years already , remember . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've waited sixteen years to hear from my father and they can wait for as long as I can drag this thing out . |
| 11 | I have waited 20 years for a decision on the Ardrossan-Saltcoats-Stevenston bypass , and I am sure that the Minister will give me a favourable result before I retire at the next election . |
| 12 | In fact if the previous speaker has complained about waiting in patience , I have waited forty years to tell this story in the assembly because a young minister flatly contradicted a giant of the church , Dr John , the protagonist of national church extension . |
| 13 | Yeah because if you want to go to Southwell at the present moment you go on a bus and you got to wait two hours to get one back . |
| 14 | Robinson has a daughter who has to wait 12 months for an operation , it is no use telling her that 10 , 20 , or 25 years ago the situation was similar or much worse , because Mrs. Jones or Mrs. Robinson will still consider that the NHS is unsatisfactory today , and will naturally blame the Government . |
| 15 | Not that she regretted her action in coming home when she had — she 'd waited all afternoon , for goodness ' sake , and then some . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | ready on by a computer , do you have to wait three days ? |
| 18 | Having travelled a reasonable distance into wind ( you did wait three years for a day with a light breeze did n't you ? ) , apply some sideways cyclic to bank the model and start a turn . |
| 19 | The production you 've waited eight years for ? |
| 20 | She had waited all day in a hall with her lottery number . |
| 21 | She had waited all day for Naylor to send for her — by the sound of it , the confrontation was to be on her property , not his . |
| 22 | She had waited all afternoon — later sitting in the garden and reading . |
| 23 | The Prussian Hussars , who had waited fifty yards from the bridge to give themselves room to charge any attacker who broke through the infantry , spurred forward , but the General ignored them . |
| 24 | It looks at the reasons for dissatisfaction at the ways in which complaints are handled , highlighting an example of an elderly couple who had waited two years for someone to come round with a colour chart , prior to decorating the outside of their house . |
| 25 | For one night at least , one member of the quartet who hijacked the course of popular music lived up to the hopes of those who had waited 23 years for the moment . |
| 26 | " The rules are that if you leave your employment voluntarily you have to wait six weeks before you can claim Unemployment Benefit . |
| 27 | Limitations are imposed by the fact that you have to wait two months for the educational psychologist , you have to close the biology lab when it rains because it leaks and they have n't sent anyone to repair it yet , you have to apply for a short in-service course rather than the full-time MA that you really wanted to do because there are n't any secondments any more . |
| 28 | If you are sent to prison for up to six months , you have to wait seven years ; a fine is wiped clean after five years and probation or conditional discharge takes one year . |
| 29 | It was an arrangement we had I , I would n't phone in cos you have to wait three weeks for your wages if I phone in . |
| 30 | cos er , you have to wait three days for it , and then cheque 's got ta clear in the bank , it 's like our Mark he had a cheque put in his , he had to wait three days before it cleared went in on the Wednesday , Thursday , Friday , do n't count Saturday , Sunday , Monday , cleared by Tuesday dinner time |