Example sentences of "[noun pl] have to wait [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rescuers had to wait 40 minutes while power to 780 homes at Shotton Colliery , Durham , was turned off before the body could be moved . |
| 2 | At present farmers have to wait three weeks between spreading the sludge on their fields and allowing cattle to graze . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Non-fundholders have to wait ten weeks in Guildford for an ultra-sound scan ; fund-holders can have one within two weeks . |
| 5 | Residents had to wait four years to elect their council after receiving that bill . |