Example sentences of "have to wait [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even where communities have got together to build a school themselves , under an agreement with the government , they have sometimes had to wait years before the government sends teachers to staff it . |
| 2 | ABBA MAY HAVE HAD TO WAIT YEARS , but the Right Said Fred tribute industry is starting up early . |
| 3 | As some of the options ( transfers etc ) only come up when you land on the right square , I did n't have to wait eons for Phil to finish his turn . |
| 4 | Well we 'll have to wait Kelly Ann , will we do ? |
| 5 | To deal with this , a group of merchants who wanted to trade in a particular part of the world would ask the monarch for a charter allowing them a monopoly of bringing goods from their chosen region into England , giving them rights to defend themselves against pirates and bandits with their own armed force , and letting them settle legal problems that would otherwise have to wait years until they got back to England . |
| 6 | In the first chapter we discussed the problems of the application backlog , where user departments may have to wait years for the implementation of systems . |
| 7 | As composite seven points out , when our members are injured or made ill by their work , they should not have to wait years for compensation , we need a system which is swift , fair and comprehensive . |
| 8 | My money was due on the 11th , and when I have posted this , my last stamp will be spent , and I shall have to wait 'till she remembers . |
| 9 | You 'll have to wait soup . |
| 10 | Several bicycles , left days before for repair , would probably have to wait days more to be completed . |
| 11 | I had some experience of this when I lived at home , having to wait hours for the district nurses . |
| 12 | There is no point in having to wait weeks for the concrete scaffolders , nor is there any point in having the site cluttered with pipes that are only to be needed later . |
| 13 | POLICE are likely to have to wait weeks before they can interview Keith Pringle the man at the centre of the Darlington siege . |
| 14 | ‘ I like to think that I have a lot to offer as well and I do n't want to have to wait years before I get the opportunity to prove myself . |
| 15 | He was one of the lucky ones , some had to wait hours , even days , he said . |
| 16 | She had to wait weeks before she could have the floored laid , you know , tiles her floor . |
| 17 | Now he 's been told to stop doing a good turn for pensioners and others who otherwise have to wait minutes for a gap in the traffic . |
| 18 | National Westminster has announced four thousand redundancies and yet you still have to wait ages in the queue at the bank , why is that ? |
| 19 | But now they have to wait weeks or even months to claim back the money — forced to produce an exam certificate for each trainee before the TEC pays up . |
| 20 | We still have to wait months for payment of vitally important benefits such as the attendance allowance . |