Example sentences of "to wait a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of these was Lynn Bari , who has typically had to wait a few weeks after her death before receiving an obituary due her . |
| 2 | He may have to wait a few years to enter a Tory Cabinet . |
| 3 | Ring up and ask , though it 's best to wait a few days until tutors have worked out exactly what position their courses are in . |
| 4 | This is no comfort for a patient who has to wait a few months ( in the past , waiting times in some centres were over two years ) but is perhaps a more rational means of distributing limited health care resources than the random waiting lists used in the past , when patients were given fairly arbitrary degrees of priority . |
| 5 | it is perhaps a tribute to the resilience of both that they can come together at all : for the result , we may have to wait a few more cricket seasons . |
| 6 | But jobs were hard to find and he decided not to resign then but to wait a few weeks until he found another job . |
| 7 | But now might it not be wise to wait a few days , and examine the possibilities suggested by this magnate who had appeared so providentially ? |
| 8 | Do you want to come back on that Mr or do you want to wait a few moments ? |
| 9 | ‘ Shall I tell him to wait a few minutes , Inspector ? |
| 10 | She was obliged to wait a few minutes while a Land Rover was being manoeuvred into the empty space beside her and then , with a start , she saw the driver . |
| 11 | Oh I see , yes , you have to wait a few minutes . |
| 12 | you have to wait a few days for it to clear do n't ya ? |