Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and , and stuff like that so I mean in a sense you 're by now a fairly good judge of the way to go about this sort of thing , you 're a fairly good judge of what sort of things are important , perhaps the way in which people describe stuff and , and , you know , words , concepts , vocabularies erm all that kind of thing which obviously it helps if your questionnaire fits in with |
| 2 | And he says it is becoming more common for people to sue for medical negligence after a delay of ten , twenty , even thiry years -- but such course is fraught with problems . |
| 3 | It is not uncommon to wait for 5 hours for the result to be obtained . |
| 4 | They also pointed to an incident during which a patient had to wait for four hours for an anaesthetist . |
| 5 | ‘ The only mistake we made was to wait for four years before trying to sort out our lives , ’ Julius replied in an unruffled tone . |
| 6 | We only had to wait for five minutes for the first boooooom … and a second … and a third . |
| 7 | Those made redundant were to wait for 26 weeks before being entitled to unemployment benefit . |
| 8 | So you had to wait for full details of John Major 's new cabinet earlier this year . |
| 9 | Thus for a proper appreciation of the distinction between " slow " and " fast " you have to wait for electromagnetic waves to be introduced , discussed , and digested . |
| 10 | We are not allowed to know just yet , for the London Underground rule book tells drivers to wait for 30 minutes before making an announcement , unless they 've received a message to the contrary from their controllers or there is some ‘ immediate threat to safety . ’ |
| 11 | Many of the children in care were young , and unless positive steps to plan for their future were taken , they would continue like the older children in their sample to wait for lengthy periods in care . |
| 12 | At first Clare decided to wait for further information from Tess 's mother , but then he re-read the letter sent on to him in Brazil , written from Flintcomb-Ash : |
| 13 | That is why I I I mentioned those mar , those remarks right at the beginning , God will never ever send another pentecost , the only people that God told to wait were those early disciples to wait in Jerusalem until the Holy Spirit came and they had to wait for ten days from the ascension of Jesus until the Holy Spirit came . |
| 14 | We had to wait for some months in order to get a passage and finally set oft on my birthday in January . |
| 15 | They were repeatedly told he was too busy , and when finally , at the eleventh hour , they were granted a meeting , some sort of communication problem caused Mrs Sue Amphlett and her associate to be sent from one building to another and then to wait for some time in the wrong one , until they had to leave to finish the report in time for the news conference they had called . |
| 16 | ‘ We will not stop ( reforms ) to wait for any decisions from the G7 , whether we receive aid or not , ’ he told reporters . |
| 17 | Customers are no longer prepared to wait for several months for their chosen pattern . |
| 18 | He will not have long to wait for another diet of his own words . |
| 19 | Essentially , they are glorified leisure centres — Butlins for the Costa Brava generation , a way of feeling like you 're abroad without having to wait for three hours at Gatwick Airport . |
| 20 | My family and I had to wait for three weeks in Bombay before getting a boat for England , but during that time I was able to do some useful PR work with newspapers and radio . |
| 21 | Captain Mark Phillips had been expected to remain for some time in his cottage on the estate , where he has lived since the marriage broke up three years ago . |
| 22 | At about 2° above absolute zero — 2K — liquid helium develops the peculiar ability to flow through tiny holes without friction . |
| 23 | What on earth was she supposed to wear for this evening with Dane — this evening that was n't exactly a date , yet she could think of no other description for it ? |
| 24 | Exit trainee thespian to toilet for good cry for no obvious reason . |
| 25 | Er ours is a slightly more difficult task , I would suggest a much more difficult task , in that we 're trying to go for one certificate for the whole of the group . |
| 26 | She had few friends in the locality , preferring to go for long walks in the nearby countryside with the family dog , until , that is , Ronald Travis took up his duties in the signal box . |
| 27 | It must have cost a lot of money to go for that amount of time ? |
| 28 | On that subject , obviously next year , er bearing in mind that we 've agreed as a committee to go for twelve matches on Sundays |
| 29 | Meanwhile , promising teenage winger Andy Turner has opted to go for international recognition with the Republic of Ireland rather than England . |
| 30 | The sort of questions your adviser will ask are : whether you are investing for income now or capital growth in the future ; whether you need to go for absolute security with every penny you have or whether you can afford slightly more risky investments in the hope of making more money in the long run ; what other sources of income you have , or might expect to receive . |