Example sentences of "[vb mod] [vb infin] wait for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He should have waited for a better moment instead of acting impulsively . |
| 2 | I should recommend waiting for a gentler age than that in which we are condemned for a while to dwell . |
| 3 | I remarked to my friend , ‘ You 'd have to wait for a long time to get a train from here , ’ he smiled and we both set off for the youth hostel down the road . |
| 4 | But the point of our ‘ numbers of planets ’ argument is that , even if the chemist said that we 'd have to wait for a ‘ miracle ’ , have to wait a billion billion years — far longer than the universe has existed , we can still accept this verdict with equanimity . |
| 5 | But they may have to wait for a year , and maybe even two , before the brief , dramatic cycle can begin all over again . |
| 6 | To find its most lasting realization , Charlie 's vision would have to wait for a bank clerk who did understand metempsychosis , and who had not only a commercial education gained in an underground room at Lloyds Bank , but also a knowledge of Greek . |
| 7 | Last Friday the civil servant in charge of government policy on radioactive waste management reiterated Whitehall 's position that a solution to the disposal issue would have to wait for a future generation . |
| 8 | On February 27 she was told only a heart transplant would save her husband 's life and they would have to wait for a donor . |
| 9 | It would have to wait for a more opportune time , she decided , and replaced the receiver . |
| 10 | Currently , with strong competition from many units throughout Europe for available organs , many patients similar to those described herein would die waiting for a suitable donor organ . |