Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] to wait for [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Sorry to be so long — I had to wait for Tom to finish a phone call . ’ |
2 | Every time we go I have to wait for ages in the cold hospital wearing a scratchy towelling robe the colour of sick and drinking black coffee . |
3 | Did you have to wait for ages ? |
4 | ‘ I offered to bring her back again but she said she had to wait for Angharad . ’ |
5 | Similar decisions were reached in the cases involving hole in the heart babies who had to wait for treatment because of a shortage of trained specialist nursing staff . |
6 | Well a very close fought encounter at the stadium ; we had to wait for quarter of an hour for the first actual goal chance when Dave Bristow hit the ball from twenty five yards , which just cleared the bar . |
7 | Daniel , who spent £75 on new games and equipment , added : ‘ We had to wait for ages but it was worth it . ’ |
8 | I followed mum and joined a long queue , there we had to wait for ages while other people on our flight handed in their tickets . |
9 | As we were leaving the theatre , we had to wait for Dad to shake hands in the foyer with some dignitaries . |
10 | Soviet policy with regard to Eastern Europe was sloganised as ‘ development in groups ’ , as though we had to wait for Mongolia to catch up before we could be allowed to develop . |
11 | Most people are likely to judge the reforms on how long they have to wait for treatment — the issue behind the ‘ Jennifer 's ear ’ controversy during the election campaign . |