Example sentences of "[pers pn] have to wait [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had to wait until the female was bulging-ripe , so within a few days she was brooding . |
| 2 | ‘ Unfortunately she had to wait until a bed was available on the ward , but she was given a bed in casualty . |
| 3 | I could n't cope with never knowing what days I was going to be there — you had to wait till the rota was up to see which days you 'd be working … |
| 4 | Of course , you have to wait until the nut has warmed up to savour it , but experiments are currently in progress to determine whether a frozen and thawed Brazil remains easy to deal with . |
| 5 | Will they have to wait until the starship completes its ten-year journey ? |
| 6 | They had to wait while the Substitute put on his new galoshes , murmuring with a cigar between his teeth : ‘ Do n't want to miss anything this time … ’ |
| 7 | It means that when they have a tip off that devil worshippers are slaughtering animals , they have to wait until the animal is ill treated before they can act . |
| 8 | Where beat officers come into play is where you 've got the non-urgent , what we call , the traffic , the non-urgent jobs , erm , where people can afford , maybe a couple of hours , it might be that they have to wait until the beat officer gets on duty could be a day or so 's time and they they do do an awful lot of work , and it 's an ongoing thing . |
| 9 | He had to wait until the coronation of Richard II before receiving an earldom , and his endowment with part of the Bohun inheritance was scarcely sufficient for one of his rank . |