Example sentences of "have wait [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | Well we 'll have to wait Kelly Ann , will we do ? |
3 | 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 . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | You 'll have to wait soup . |
8 | Several bicycles , left days before for repair , would probably have to wait days more to be completed . |
9 | My respected landladies , who are the double-distilled quintessence of considerateness and island hospitality , would think all good would leave their abodes if a dweller beneath their roof left fasting , so , in spite of all my entreaties to the contrary , a cup of tea was prepared to forestall my start ; and as I walked by the river-side and reached a road that skirts a number of very massive peat-stacks , and displays on the landward side an interminable host of peat-pits , the geniality of the sunshine was felt , and I would gladly have slackened my pace were it not that by so doing my good friends at Gress ( some eight miles from Stornoway , where I was due at eight o'clock , if I remember rightly ) , might have waited breakfast for me . |
10 | His Solidarity scheme , based on help for those who help themselves , has provided schools and sewers for those who might otherwise have waited years for benefits to trickle down . |