Example sentences of "to wait for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Just as the interwar prophet of Blitzkrieg had also been a lobbyist for the professional army , so , in the late 1940s and early 1950s , de Gaulle was not content simply to wait for disaster to strike . |
| 32 | But Ramsden 's ( illustrated ) did n't have to wait for television to make its name . |
| 33 | This unexpected development was accompanied by a White House statement which said that " the nation can no longer afford to wait for Congress to act " on proposed legislation to allow inter-state banking . |
| 34 | Certainly he was not waiting to see Artai — the Khan of the Merkuts was so powerful that he did not have to wait for audience like other men . |
| 35 | When the kids are really young , it 's no use expecting them to wait for Christmas Day — and two four-month-old Siberian tiger cubs at Howletts animal park , Canterbury , are no exception . |
| 36 | ’ Are we not going to wait for Frejji ? ’ |
| 37 | This Friday Geraldine settled down to wait for Newsnight . |
| 38 | Then we all settled down to wait for Madam . |
| 39 | BRITONS are becoming a nation of tactical shoppers , prepared to wait for sale bargains , say analysts Verdict Research . |
| 40 | Sorry , you 'll have to wait for daddy 's clear . |
| 41 | ‘ I went to sit in the library to wait for Mummy and I started to cry . ’ |
| 42 | Relatives of those aboard the ferry were on their way yesterday to the site of the disaster to wait for news . |
| 43 | ‘ You 've got to wait for Doctor to come along and give you permission . |
| 44 | We should discuss timing the leaflet : on the one hand , it would be good to wait for consultation on course content , but there is also some urgency . |
| 45 | ‘ You 'll have to wait for morning . |
| 46 | If I could n't find it , I would have to wait for morning and steer north by my watch and the sun . |
| 47 | Has to wait for food to be cooked and prepare to wait for it . |
| 48 | Since job D has to wait for completion of B , and only B , before it can start , the early start for D is 7 . |
| 49 | Since job D has to wait for completion of B , and only B , before it can start , the early start for D is 7 . |
| 50 | A trade agreement provided for a reduction of customs duties on goods traded by the two countries ( thus extending most favoured nation status to the Soviet Union and improving the competitiveness of each country 's goods in the other 's markets ) ; the agreement also provided for better copyright protection for US companies and for reductions in the time US companies would have to wait for approval to begin commercial operations in the Soviet Union . |
| 51 | Daalny had acted , after all ; she must have taken the second key during Vespers , from the nail where at noon she had watched the porter hang the first one , but she had had to wait for near-darkness before using it . |
| 52 | Nell had said she would meet me this Sunday morning in the coffee shop in the Great Hall , and had told me that the crews often went there to wait for train time . |