Example sentences of "[verb] wait [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Will he beef up the public consultation procedures which his Department are currently casting aside like autumn leaves shrivelling on the ground , or do we have to wait for a Labour Government in the full flush of a green spring and summer to bring sense back into our planning system ? |
| 2 | Will we have to wait for a Labour Government before positive action is taken ? |
| 3 | I remarked to my friend , ‘ You 'd have to wait for a long time to get a train from here , ’ he smiled and we both set off for the youth hostel down the road . |
| 4 | Last Friday the civil servant in charge of government policy on radioactive waste management reiterated Whitehall 's position that a solution to the disposal issue would have to wait for a future generation . |
| 5 | Just nine first and you dial straight through , you do n't have to wait for a secondary dialling tone do you ? |
| 6 | Currently , with strong competition from many units throughout Europe for available organs , many patients similar to those described herein would die waiting for a suitable donor organ . |
| 7 | I went to the castle and was asked to wait in a comfortable room . |
| 8 | Can I afford to wait for a young child to discover such procedures ? |
| 9 | Harriet was allowed to wait in a small ante-room until the verdict was brought in . |
| 10 | ‘ If you think I 'm standing waiting for a charging animal the size of a tank to reach me … how on earth do you grab its nose before it tramples you into the turf ? |
| 11 | I had to wait for a considerable time for the expanse of blue sky above my chosen scene ( figure XX ) to be substantial enough for photography . |
| 12 | He did not like to be kept waiting at a locked gate . |
| 13 | In these cases I either have to wait for a passing walker and ask for assistance , try to reverse my direction or take the plunge and risk damage to chair and body . |
| 14 | I have to wait for a white actor to turn down a role because the stuff that they 're supposedly writing ‘ black ’ ai n't happenin' . |
| 15 | Down in the dark and foggy street a figure stood waiting beneath a lighted gas lamp . |
| 16 | Some have waited for a booming voice to give direction and are still waiting after years of meditation and prayer . |