Example sentences of "to wait [adj] hour " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well lads , he says , I 'm sorry you 'll have to wait another hour . |
| 2 | He says they told us to wait for two hours which we did then they told us to wait another hour and a half . |
| 3 | The obvious advantage is that they provide sack-loads of fun and laughter , and the disadvantage is that you sometimes have to wait three hours for them to find their boots in the morning and finish flossing their teeth . |
| 4 | Bob Swatman , 73 , branch chairman , of Low Lane , Middlesbrough , had to wait 17 hours on the beach before he was eventually evacuated with 65 others by a fishing boat which landed at Margate Pier . |
| 5 | For some reason which escapes me we had to take a taxi , and when we arrived at Helsinki airport we had to wait five hours for our flight . |
| 6 | You will need to wait several hours before applying the oils . |
| 7 | It was not unknown for people with appointments to wait several hours before they were ushered in ( Giles , 1986 , pp. 106–7 ) . |
| 8 | I had to wait two hours before seeing him as he was in conference with a producer . |
| 9 | The Kyalami Ranch was very much the sort of place where James liked relaxing : you might have to wait two hours for your dinner , but never a moment for the sun , and James is a basker , the deckchair his habitat . |
| 10 | When I had finished , I was made to wait two hours before being called back into the office for questioning . |
| 11 | It has been well received and customers are having to wait two hours for a table on Saturday evenings . |
| 12 | Yeah because if you want to go to Southwell at the present moment you go on a bus and you got to wait two hours to get one back . |
| 13 | He had had to wait four hours in the out-patients department , he said . |
| 14 | The Supreme Court on Dec. 7 dealt a blow to supporters of the right to an abortion by refusing to review a Mississippi law which required women to obtain counselling and then to wait 24 hours before terminating a pregnancy . |
| 15 | Hick had to wait 48 hours to chalk up the final six runs to complete the milestone after reaching 82 not out on Thursday . |