Example sentences of "have [vb pp] to wait " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Richards pointed out , the fact that the history of sexuality has had to wait so long to be written shows the strength of the taboos we have inherited . |
| 2 | She is a bit upset that she has had to wait almost a year before receiving any income . |
| 3 | Platt has had to wait in the wings because he is one of four foreign players fighting for the permitted three places . |
| 4 | The most highly regarded Australian umpire , Tony Crafter , has had to wait until the final Test of the series for his first match this summer . |
| 5 | he , too , has had to wait , partly because of Chris Smith 's consistency . |
| 6 | Darlington council has had to wait while negotiations have been completed with British Rail over the site ownership . |
| 7 | So that F has got to wait outside , the brackets , till the stuff inside 's been worked out . |
| 8 | It remains unclear why Sinn Fein has chosen to wait until next week before publishing the full content of the documents . |
| 9 | Codemasters ' director David Darling said : ‘ The fact that Sega has chosen to wait to sue until just before our commercial launch shows this is a blatant attempt to keep us from the market they control . ’ |
| 10 | She 'd had to wait the best part of a month at Holmsly Manor , and then everything had happened at once . |
| 11 | In that case , our malevolent might have decided to wait around on the off-chance that he would go to the kitchen or bathroom . |
| 12 | British and American scientists say they would have preferred to wait longer before restarting ROSAT . |
| 13 | These machines are so rare that one like Ingrid 's , new , could cost £80,000 , and she might have had to wait four years for delivery . |
| 14 | How long would America have had to wait for the Community to pull all its members behind a common policy ? |
| 15 | Certainly those who were in the square in 1387 hoping to see the completion of the Duomo would have had to wait a long time , far longer than the span of a human life . |
| 16 | The only difference then would have been that he would have had to sign , and then we would have had to wait two more weeks ; and I 'll tell you , it 's interesting , with the bill the way it 's written , to put that on the Carrington case would have meant his being alive and suffering two more weeks and honestly , I would have had to do something like that in two weeks , probably because we 'd have to work hard on him . |
| 17 | ABBA MAY HAVE HAD TO WAIT YEARS , but the Right Said Fred tribute industry is starting up early . |
| 18 | It remains a mystery to me why we should have had to wait as long as this for a recital disc , and why it should not have appeared on one of the major companies ' labels ( all credit to Delos ) . |
| 19 | At the beginning of the 1980 's a typeface would have cost around $4,500 and you would probably have had to wait a couple of weeks while it was digitised from some master copy . |
| 20 | They 'd have had to wait until she was in Spain before showing their hand . |
| 21 | It is ironical that the Court composers should have had to wait for the establishment of the Commonwealth before their songs were published . |
| 22 | ‘ Then I should have had to wait until you came back . ’ |
| 23 | Rosenthal , who had only been on the field 15 minutes , made Barlow pay in full for his wastefulness yet Liverpool should not have had to wait so long to get their noses in front . |
| 24 | In any case she would have had to wait , probably for many years … |
| 25 | Prince Charles had intended to wait for Cumberland to attack , but after his troops had endured this merciless fire for 20 minutes or more one commander warned Lord George Murray that his men ‘ were turned so impatient that they were like to break their ranks ’ and the pretender agreed to an immediate attack . |
| 26 | Later Helen told Maureen that they had intended to wait until nearer the time to announce their news , but that seemed the right moment . |
| 27 | Carey paused a moment , but Ellwood had decided to wait him out . |
| 28 | The church was full of the women and girls who had attended the morning service and had decided to wait to see the wedding . |
| 29 | ‘ How long have the council told you you 've got to wait ? ’ |
| 30 | Now I 've got to wait another month ’ . |