Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] to wait for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We only had to wait for five minutes for the first boooooom … and a second … and a third . |
| 2 | We do not need to wait for new efficient technology : as Stewart Boyle described in ‘ More work for less energy ’ ( New Scientist , 5 August 1989 ) , the technology exists to take the first step towards the targets we have set to save energy and fossil fuel , and to cut back on carbon dioxide emissions . |
| 3 | Customers are no longer prepared to wait for several months for their chosen pattern . |
| 4 | Managers who never leave do not have to wait for another manager to retire or die so that they can fill their shoes . |
| 5 | Forbes thus had to wait for fifteen years or so before the coveted post came up ; during this time Jameson sometimes teetered but always recovered , and his courses and museum fell behind the times . |
| 6 | I think , I think we have to wait for the letter , I suspect you 'll probably find both those changed to some extent after that so er I think we really have to wait for that . |
| 7 | We might well have to wait for six months before we found a prahu which was heading in the right direction . |