Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [vb pp] to wait [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I have had to wait a long time for the freedom , but it will be passed down and at least I can say that I was a Freeman of Chester . |
| 2 | She 'd had to wait the best part of a month at Holmsly Manor , and then everything had happened at once . |
| 3 | Patients sought a declaration that the Secretary of State and health authorities were in breach of duty as they had had to wait an unreasonable time , because of a decision not to build a new block for a hospital on grounds of cost . |
| 4 | Eva said it had taken to wait a month to get in for a Saturday night . |
| 5 | Though Louis had had plenty of time to gain experience of ruling and to form a court of his own in the subkingdom of Aquitaine ( he had been king there since the age of three ) , he had had to wait a long time for his father 's inheritance . |