Example sentences of "have wait [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Every time he has to wait for a question , he claims victory .
2 Each call sent out by a client has to wait for a response before another is sent .
3 Each call sent out by a client has to wait for a response before another is sent .
4 It is working with Intel on the project but has to wait for silicon before it attempts to actualise the product and turn it over to LSI Logic for manufacture .
5 In May 1991 , after 30 years of bitter civil war , Eritrea broke away from Ethiopia , but has to wait for the referendum officially to declare itself an independent state .
6 In May 1991 , after 30 years of bitter civil war , Eritrea broke away from Ethiopia , but has to wait for the referendum officially to declare itself an independent state .
7 Has to wait for food to be cooked and prepare to wait for it .
8 The chief executive may know what change is needed , but has to wait for the right time to introduce it .
9 Our return DMU entering the station as we disembarked with the comfortable words from our guard — ‘ No hurry , now — it has to wait for me ! ’
10 Since job D has to wait for completion of B , and only B , before it can start , the early start for D is 7 .
11 An announcement in May confirming the selection of Glasgow removed earlier uncertainty , although final confirmation has to wait for a further consultation period until the end of June .
12 Since job D has to wait for completion of B , and only B , before it can start , the early start for D is 7 .
13 What happens if Well , oh sa , pwurgh , I do n't know , I mean she has to wait for a week .
14 In university and polytechnic libraries the advanced instruction has to wait until the second and third years of undergraduate courses , because it is at these stages that the students work on sometimes quite specialized projects .
15 Further explanation has to wait till The Silmarillion , but in a sense is not needed .
16 Or if she does she has to wait till the e
17 The unprecedented admission about the state of the royal marriage yesterday , on the last day of their Korean tour , was what the Princess of Wales has waited since June 7 to hear .
18 After this freak show , we are led inexorably to what everyone has waited for ; the re-assemblage of The Birthday Party for a mini-greatest hits package of ‘ Dead Joe ’ , ‘ Wild World ’ , and ‘ Nick The Stripper ’ .
19 And an age of empire past , it has waited for the world to come to it .
20 ‘ Donkey has waited for a few minutes .
21 Computer has waited for fifteen thousand years .
22 In the novel , the central character , Fenny Skaller , has waited in vain for a new young acquaintance to keep an appointment .
23 That God has waited until this late hour to create a situation in which it is right to ordain women also ?
24 Dowd had stayed out of the Retreat all the time he 'd waited for Godolphin ( a wearisome three days ) even though it would have given him some measure of protection against the bitter cold .
25 Carson had only just put the phone down after trying to get Alison 's number from Enquiries , but as he 'd waited for his call to be taken he 'd thought of her , perhaps contemptuous of his anxiety and annoyed by his persistence , and he 'd hung up without even making his request .
26 He 'd waited for Lucy but then , when she had n't come out alone , he 'd stayed well back in the shadows .
27 The warning her anxious mother had impressed on her as they 'd waited for Folly 's plane at Athens airport had obviously been quite correct .
28 Nor had she seen anyone she knew at the airport while she 'd waited for her flight .
29 He came out of the Harvester but it would have been nice if he 'd waited for there to be a gap in the traffic .
30 At least she had n't had to wait over the lunch-hour .
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