Example sentences of "[pers pn] have to wait [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had to wait for a considerable time for the expanse of blue sky above my chosen scene ( figure XX ) to be substantial enough for photography . |
| 2 | To prepare this article I had to wait for an event on a day when the visibility was gin-clear to get good photographs from my open cockpit Jodel D9 , using a telephoto lens at various focal lengths to obtain the required framing . |
| 3 | At the same time , while ensuring the blue of sky in front of the camera , I had to wait for the sun to fall on the scene from behind me , otherwise the sparkle of beach and palms would have been lost . |
| 4 | ‘ I had to wait for the right moment to tell Nicola . |
| 5 | I had to wait in a corridor . |
| 6 | I have to wait for a white actor to turn down a role because the stuff that they 're supposedly writing ‘ black ’ ai n't happenin' . |
| 7 | What happens if Well , oh sa , pwurgh , I do n't know , I mean she has to wait for a week . |
| 8 | Or if she does she has to wait till the e |
| 9 | I also think that erm it 's up to erm us — I mean if you think of us as a whole travel industry — to really take a look at what we are providing and compare it with what is provided in other countries ; the standards of service , how long do you have to wait for a meal when you 're sitting down to eat in a restaurant , what are people used to in France and Germany and the USA ? |
| 10 | Clare was fired for turning up late after she had to wait for a doctor because Josh had a temperature . |
| 11 | So if it peaks two years before you plan to cash in , you do not lose because you had to wait for the money . |
| 12 | You had to wait for the flash and details of the changes in interest rates on Black Wednesday — a day of vital interest for small businessmen and mortgage holders up and down the country . |
| 13 | And you did that and then you had to wait until the the machine came round again and that was you again , you 'd a whole day at that . |
| 14 | You have to wait for a tr well first of all you have to we 'll the miss yeah , at twelve twenty-eight or whatever |
| 15 | However the moment it slips you have to wait for the chain to gain momentum before cutting can recommence , otherwise it bites again . |
| 16 | Erm I do look for opportunities to talk to people about God but I , I certainly think that you have to wait for the right opportunity because , if people are ill or very down , then it often is n't the right time when they 're vulnerable erm to try and erm talk to them about something . |
| 17 | If , if there 's an incident happens , does n't mean you have to wait for the local police officer to tell , to come along and tell him , you 've still got police support all round you anywhere . |
| 18 | And er Alan keeps saying , you can do it but you have to wait to the next programme coming through and I specifically asked for Liz to put it on . |
| 19 | Will he beef up the public consultation procedures which his Department are currently casting aside like autumn leaves shrivelling on the ground , or do we have to wait for a Labour Government in the full flush of a green spring and summer to bring sense back into our planning system ? |
| 20 | Will we have to wait for a Labour Government before positive action is taken ? |
| 21 | Will he now change his mind or shall we have to wait for the people to do that for him ? |
| 22 | ‘ This declaration is not a blind bit of good to the workers who have to take over the jobs of those who have emigrated , ’ and ‘ Why do we have to wait till the next central committee meeting ? ’ were other grumbles . |
| 23 | Well that was the , the erm union for us , erm I think erm one of the great assets of being in public transport was that we were in a local erm pension scheme , erm when , when we in the office started , we had to wait until we were eighteen and then we had to wait for a vacancy because there was a limited number of people that the Council were prepared to back by paying a similar amount . |
| 24 | The Chinese do n't like their planes to fly unless the weather is absolutely O.K. So we had to wait for a few hours for the plane to arrive from Shanghai . |
| 25 | So , no sooner did the record go into the charts and we were going ‘ yeah , this is it — hooray — we 're taking off ’ , they dropped the record and we had to wait for the guys to come back to earth . |
| 26 | Klaasen 's contention that ‘ the only integration that has gone on so far has been among the top officials ’ seemed to be borne out by the fact that we had to wait for the penultimate game of the tours to seen the first nonwhite player take the field . |
| 27 | So we 'd fill them and we could n't see anyway , lookin We could n't look down and see , we had to wait for the foreman shouting all the instructions , move left , forward or up or down . |
| 28 | We had to wait for the police and the doctor to certify what had happened . |
| 29 | His one break from bop conventions lay in the pacing of each set , since he favoured fast tempi almost exclusively , and we had to wait for the penultimate tune of the night to hear a ballad played at real ballad speed . |
| 30 | So we had to wait for the next bus , which was six o'clock . |