Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] to wait [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Sorry to be so long — I had to wait for Tom to finish a phone call . ’ |
2 | So I had to wait in suspense . |
3 | I had to wait till dawn to see what I was doing , ’ said Peter , of Taunton , Somerset , who suffered minor injuries . |
4 | I 'd go crazy if I had to wait until supper . |
5 | Every time we go I have to wait for ages in the cold hospital wearing a scratchy towelling robe the colour of sick and drinking black coffee . |
6 | Did you have to wait for ages ? |
7 | ‘ I offered to bring her back again but she said she had to wait for Angharad . ’ |
8 | Doctors told her she needed an emergency hysterectomy , but because of a bed shortage she had to wait in agony for three-and-a-half hours . |
9 | Well a very close fought encounter at the stadium ; we had to wait for quarter of an hour for the first actual goal chance when Dave Bristow hit the ball from twenty five yards , which just cleared the bar . |
10 | Daniel , who spent £75 on new games and equipment , added : ‘ We had to wait for ages but it was worth it . ’ |
11 | I followed mum and joined a long queue , there we had to wait for ages while other people on our flight handed in their tickets . |
12 | As we were leaving the theatre , we had to wait for Dad to shake hands in the foyer with some dignitaries . |
13 | Soviet policy with regard to Eastern Europe was sloganised as ‘ development in groups ’ , as though we had to wait for Mongolia to catch up before we could be allowed to develop . |
14 | The shoot used to last five or six days in August but you did n't get paid when it was finished — do n't ask me why , but we had to wait until Christmas . |
15 | But there is little inkling of how the mechanism will work , and we have to wait until December for the management executive and the Department of Education to come up with ideas . |
16 | In any case , Sparta was evidently up to something big ; unable , after disciplining Phokis , to return overland — the Athenians now possessed Megara , it must be remembered , also Pegai , a strategically useful port on the Corinthian Gulf — they decided to wait in Boiotia for a while . |
17 | Most people are likely to judge the reforms on how long they have to wait for treatment — the issue behind the ‘ Jennifer 's ear ’ controversy during the election campaign . |
18 | For the next hour or two , Mr Handford tried to rectify the fault in the chilly darkness , but as it proved impossible , he decided to wait until daylight and to get some sleep meanwhile . |
19 | It was through their influence that Goodricke was appointed as minister-resident to Sweden in 1758 ; he had to wait in Copenhagen until 1764 before the Swedish government resumed diplomatic relations with Britain that had been severed at the outset of the Seven Years ' War . |