Example sentences of "to wait [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A player joining a new club during the close season or after the season starts will have to wait 30 days if joining a club two leagues higher or lower before he plays for that club in a Courage league game or 120 days if joining a club on the same level or one league higher or lower before he plays for that in a league game ; he waits 180 days if he is not a British passport holder . |
| 2 | I 'm sixty years of age and while I 'm prepared to plant the woods for my grandson , I 'd like to see some growth myself I ca n't afford to wait forty years . " |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | But he has to wait 12 months to join an NHS waiting list and two more years before he can have the surgery . |
| 5 | ‘ The requirement of a creditor to wait 12 months before claiming relief instead of being able to claim at the end of the first quarter after an insolvency ( as was possible previously ) has an adverse effect on his own business 's cash flow . |
| 6 | Robinson has a daughter who has to wait 12 months for an operation , it is no use telling her that 10 , 20 , or 25 years ago the situation was similar or much worse , because Mrs. Jones or Mrs. Robinson will still consider that the NHS is unsatisfactory today , and will naturally blame the Government . |
| 7 | Meanwhile , Knowsley have been made to wait 10 days before they can attempt to put last weekend 's disappointing 2-1 defeat at Alfreton behind them . |
| 8 | " The rules are that if you leave your employment voluntarily you have to wait six weeks before you can claim Unemployment Benefit . |
| 9 | Doing away with heft commissions , not having to wait six weeks or more to be paid , and , most rewardingly , meeting the people who actually look at and buy artworks , make the inevitable disruption a small price to pay . |
| 10 | ‘ We ca n't be expected to wait six weeks for another good performance . ’ |
| 11 | Further , if the recipient does not wish to wait six months he can serve a notice on the sender in which case , if the sender does not come within one month to collect them , they then become an unconditional gift . |
| 12 | He only had to wait 6–8 weeks . |
| 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 | I went to the doctor , but he just sent a letter to the Detox Unit and I had to wait three months [ for the appointment ] . |
| 15 | ‘ If we had to wait three months for this money , then fill in a new form to open a different account , just like a new investor in fact , it would not be a bad idea to see if any other society was offering a better rate than the 8.85 per cent offered by ‘ Prime Gold ’ . |
| 16 | Therefore a firm would have to wait three months before they could determine this charge which is not timely for management purposes . |
| 17 | We used to get exactly the same rebate , the only thing is we have to wait three months for it . |
| 18 | I was also smart enough to wait three weeks , so it was at her request I departed in the end . |
| 19 | At present farmers have to wait three weeks between spreading the sludge on their fields and allowing cattle to graze . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | So I thought well I do n't have to wait three weeks for mine so next time I do n't feel great I 'm gon na call in and take a couple of days off . |
| 22 | 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 |
| 23 | 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 |
| 24 | ready on by a computer , do you have to wait three days ? |
| 25 | for the cheque you 're gon na have to wait three days to clear in it ? in your bank |
| 26 | So er she says yeah fair enough then she wo n't have to wait three week , cos it 's only me that 's losing , not her . |
| 27 | ‘ Little Fav ’ ( he seemed everybody 's favourite , with his bouncy , cheerful disposition ) had to wait three years before his next Test appearance , though he continued to bamboozle many a batsman in domestic cricket . |
| 28 | Drivers and conductors had to wait three years , they had to be employed three years before they were accepted into the pension scheme but you know , believe me I 'm glad that I paid in for it . |
| 29 | I do n't want to hold up this alteration , and I , like Mr , do n't want to wait three years for a decision . |
| 30 | Bob Swatman , 73 , branch chairman , of Low Lane , Middlesbrough , had to wait 17 hours on the beach before he was eventually evacuated with 65 others by a fishing boat which landed at Margate Pier . |