Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] wait for some " in BNC.

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1 All through tea I had waited for some indication on his part that he knew I had seen the girl — as he must have known , for it was obvious that the nocturnal concert had been given to announce her presence .
2 She had to wait for some time before the door was opened , and she hoped very much that it would be opened by Clelia , but it was not ; it was opened by a thin , brown , balding , youngish looking man .
3 We had to wait for some months in order to get a passage and finally set oft on my birthday in January .
4 We had to wait for some days until a convoy of ships was ready .
5 We have waited for some time for any scheme , let alone one that would justify being called better than the proposals of 1979 .
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