Example sentences of "have to wait [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the same token , if it is good you only have to wait five minutes and it will get worse . |
| 2 | you fin you finish at half five you do oh yes , but me , I have to wait all the time till half four minus one hour longer that is . |
| 3 | no I know , they have to wait that 's it , got to be quite left in the shop today were n't we ? |
| 4 | " The rules are that if you leave your employment voluntarily you have to wait six weeks before you can claim Unemployment Benefit . |
| 5 | Limitations are imposed by the fact that you have to wait two months for the educational psychologist , you have to close the biology lab when it rains because it leaks and they have n't sent anyone to repair it yet , you have to apply for a short in-service course rather than the full-time MA that you really wanted to do because there are n't any secondments any more . |
| 6 | Other people who have contributed money all their lives to the NHS since it began have to wait 51 weeks for a hip replacement . |
| 7 | Small firms then may have to pay more for their materials , receive less cash for their output and have to wait longer for their credit notes to mature . |
| 8 | There are suggestions that dementing patients may get " second class treatment in this type of ward , eg they often have to wait longer for long term placement than the non-demented . |
| 9 | In all these things you have to wait ten or fifteen years . |
| 10 | Non-fundholders have to wait ten weeks in Guildford for an ultra-sound scan ; fund-holders can have one within two weeks . |
| 11 | Q : We may be improving customer service for our end users by faster delivery of ware , but what about the employee shop — we still have to wait 3–4 months sometimes for ware . |
| 12 | If you are sent to prison for up to six months , you have to wait seven years ; a fine is wiped clean after five years and probation or conditional discharge takes one year . |
| 13 | The obvious advantage is that they provide sack-loads of fun and laughter , and the disadvantage is that you sometimes have to wait three hours for them to find their boots in the morning and finish flossing their teeth . |
| 14 | At present farmers have to wait three weeks between spreading the sludge on their fields and allowing cattle to graze . |
| 15 | We used to get exactly the same rebate , the only thing is we have to wait three months for it . |
| 16 | It was an arrangement we had I , I would n't phone in cos you have to wait three weeks for your wages if I phone in . |
| 17 | cos er , you have to wait three days for it , and then cheque 's got ta clear in the bank , it 's like our Mark he had a cheque put in his , he had to wait three days before it cleared went in on the Wednesday , Thursday , Friday , do n't count Saturday , Sunday , Monday , cleared by Tuesday dinner time |
| 18 | have to wait twenty five to eight before he 'd come in , how he was coming here at that time I do n't know . |
| 19 | and we still have to wait half an hour ! |
| 20 | Handsome women are , of course , soon free to depart , but it happens that the uncomely sometimes have to wait several years … |