Example sentences of "[pers pn] have to wait for [num] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 My family and I had to wait for three weeks in Bombay before getting a boat for England , but during that time I was able to do some useful PR work with newspapers and radio .
2 The answer I tend to get off a lot of places is that I have to wait for twelve years
3 As it happened , this queen mother was the most remarkable and able of them all , and it is therefore something of an irony that she had to wait for twelve years , until 1554 , and stage a successful coup , before obtaining the place which earlier queen mothers had immediately enjoyed .
4 After the concert she had to wait for four minutes before McCartney could rejoin her … while he accepted a standing ovation .
5 That is why I I I mentioned those mar , those remarks right at the beginning , God will never ever send another pentecost , the only people that God told to wait were those early disciples to wait in Jerusalem until the Holy Spirit came and they had to wait for ten days from the ascension of Jesus until the Holy Spirit came .
6 He had to wait for fifteen minutes before he was admitted to the Agency 's annexe .
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