Example sentences of "wait [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd had to wait the best part of a month at Holmsly Manor , and then everything had happened at once . |
| 2 | You 've got no option but to wait the five years . |
| 3 | Paul , her husband , generally left before seven and had lunch out with one of his friends , while she used her free day to take care of a thousand chores more annoying than the duties of her job : she had to go to the post office and fret for half an hour in a queue , go shopping in the supermarket , where she quarrelled with the saleswoman and wasted time waiting at the check-out , telephone the plumber and plead with him to be precisely on time so that she would n't have to wait the whole day for him . |
| 4 | As for me , I had to wait the whole summer and into the late autumn for rehearsals of The Jungle Book to begin , so I went back to South London , happy in the knowledge that soon I 'd be in a professional production and there 'd be someone in the cast for me to fall in love with . |
| 5 | I have n't got to wait the whole week . |
| 6 | In relation to PC Cherry , who had to wait the same period before being summonsed , Lord Justice Watkins said the delay after April 1987 , when there was ample evidence to sustain a prima facie case against him , was ‘ undoubtedly extreme ’ . |
| 7 | They were transferred to kennels to wait the statutory seven days for their owner to reclaim them . |
| 8 | Duncan had wanted to wait the few hours it would take to fix the Citation and run checks on it , but Myeloski was anxious to get to Tobolsk . |
| 9 | The feel of Master Harry 's mallet in his hand , the way the heel of it swung in his palm , filled him with a fever of ambition and impatience , and he could not wait the threatened few days for the assay . |
| 10 | A man wid wait a long while fur a Glesca Keelie at a ceilidh and no mistake . |
| 11 | Even here , one could wait a long time . |
| 12 | ‘ We might wait a long time ! ’ he said . |
| 13 | But he added that patience had limits and he might wait a few days or two weeks . |
| 14 | But he added that patience had limits and he might wait a few days or two weeks . |
| 15 | I would wait a few weeks to see if it grows or clears up of its own accord and if it is still there , go to the vet . |
| 16 | The Lazio star , pictured left carrying a lot of extra poundage on his way to Rome two months ago , has shed more than a stone in weight since his £5.5million summer move from Tottenham — but he must wait a few more weeks before he returns to serious competition . |
| 17 | But David Townsend , director of Croydon SSD , has complained to Herbert Laming , SSI chief inspector , that inspectors should wait a few months for the reforms to bed down . |
| 18 | Could you wait a few weeks until I 'm sure ? ’ |
| 19 | ‘ You know , Mr Lytham , I am rapidly coming to the conclusion that my bequest might also wait a few more years . |
| 20 | When my mother and I called on him he said that if we could wait a few days he would find the right frame and have it stove-enamelled black . |
| 21 | If you can only wait a few — ’ |
| 22 | He would wait a few days before having his hair cut , so that they could not think that they had made him . |
| 23 | Why do n't you wait a few hours and see if he gets what you need from Blagg ? ’ |
| 24 | Throughout the next two years I had lost interest in the game I would wait a few months and then in a space of a week I would go and have a few games it was n't until 1993 early January that I started playing regularly again I was determined to get a handicap and play in a few competitions sometime that year . |
| 25 | I can wait a few days . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ If it 's all right by you , I 'll wait a few minutes until the storm subsides , ’ Vitor said , as thunder boomed again . |
| 27 | He would wait a few more minutes and then he 'd go . |
| 28 | But she would wait a full minute at least before answering . |
| 29 | I said a bit , and I never let him know , I thought I 'll wait a little bit until he go so he says to me , he says I bet you do n't know why they put the damper in just before they 'd put the , bring the ball out do you ? |
| 30 | Often I could wait a whole day and not catch sight of it . |