Example sentences of "be [verb] to wait " in BNC.
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| 1 | To do that operation , you are expected to wait until the first of the month to start planning the month . |
| 2 | If you are ultimately dismissed and present a claim to the industrial tribunal , the basic question will be whether , in all the circumstances , the employer could have been expected to wait any longer before taking positive action . |
| 3 | Martin had a dim recollection of a visit to a big , dark house surrounded by evergreens and of a cold , high-ceilinged hall where he had been sat to wait . |
| 4 | Meanwhile , Knowsley have been made to wait 10 days before they can attempt to put last weekend 's disappointing 2-1 defeat at Alfreton behind them . |
| 5 | The Ferryhill driver has also been instructed to wait for the arrival of the Crook bus before pulling out . |
| 6 | We are made to wait while he shows his new toys ; a scarlet tricycle , a pull-along duck , a space-age gun playing the tunes of eight different police sirens when you pull the trigger . |
| 7 | We 're going to wait and listen to the News . ’ |
| 8 | We 're going to wait a little while . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ You 're going to wait a while ? |
| 10 | Because we 're going to wait |
| 11 | We 're going to wait till er we 've heard your critique on each other 's until we make our minds up . |
| 12 | Jesus took Peter , James and John into the garden , the rest of the disciples having been told to wait for them . |
| 13 | Ebert , Fest and I. We were after the assassins of the T'ang 's Minister , Lwo Kang , and had been told to wait for a contact from our Triad connections there . |
| 14 | And suddenly , true to the route Ursula had picked out on the map , they reached the crest and saw Maurice 's car , parked at the far end of the lay-by where he had been told to wait , maroon and solitary against the pale expanse of chalk-smeared turf . |
| 15 | When he arrived he had been told to wait , and he had been waiting ever since . |
| 16 | That what it means , and it was fifty days se se se seven weeks , after the death and resurrection of Jesus and the disciples had been told to wait in an upper room until the Holy Spirit would descend upon them , and you 've had that record read to you from acts chapter two of just what took place on that day , that birth day of the church of Jesus Christ . |
| 17 | The reason is that s.2(3) provides that , for the purposes of s.2(1) ( b ) in this situation only , the creditor is deemed to have been induced to wait for payment . |
| 18 | Always feel you are going to wait for the club to arrive and keep your head behind the shot . |
| 19 | PLANS to reduce chronic delays in paying compensation for criminal injuries are about to be announced by the Home Secretary , Mr David Waddington , after criticism that some victims are having to wait more than two years for an award . |
| 20 | Ten years ago , applications for cases to be heard were dealt with relatively swiftly , but a dramatic increase in their work load has produced a situation where despite the appointment of more judges to the Official Referee 's court , applicants are having to wait up to two or three years to have their cases heard . |
| 21 | It has been well received and customers are having to wait two hours for a table on Saturday evenings . |
| 22 | Newcastle North MP Doug Henderson has written to city health chiefs , highlighting cases in which people are having to wait more than a year . |
| 23 | EYE patients at Darlington Memorial Hospital are having to wait more than a year for an appointment with a specialist , it has been claimed . |
| 24 | MORE eye patients at Darlington Memorial Hospital are having to wait more than a year for an appointment with a specialist , it has been claimed . |
| 25 | ‘ We ca n't be expected to wait six weeks for another good performance . ’ |
| 26 | Roads inside the course are designated as ambulance routes , and no unauthorised vehicles will be permitted to wait on these carriageways . |
| 27 | ‘ But should all of those people who had no part in that decision be made to wait ? , ’ he added . |
| 28 | The governor will probably be told to wait until later in the month , after a meeting organised by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees . |
| 29 | I 'm going to wait patiently . ’ |
| 30 | I 'm going to wait to see how some other injuries settle down before I decide whether I should bring in a replacement . ’ |