Example sentences of "have wait for a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | An announcement in May confirming the selection of Glasgow removed earlier uncertainty , although final confirmation has to wait for a further consultation period until the end of June . |
2 | ‘ Donkey has waited for a few minutes . |
3 | 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 ? |
4 | Will we have to wait for a Labour Government before positive action is taken ? |
5 | 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 . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | Just nine first and you dial straight through , you do n't have to wait for a secondary dialling tone do you ? |
8 | He should have waited for a better moment instead of acting impulsively . |
9 | They could easily have waited for a few days . ’ |
10 | 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 . |
11 | The Lancashire skipper then had to wait for a tense two minute trial by television to decide whether he could continue his burgeoning innings . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | In these cases I either have to wait for a passing walker and ask for assistance , try to reverse my direction or take the plunge and risk damage to chair and body . |
14 | 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' . |
15 | Some have waited for a booming voice to give direction and are still waiting after years of meditation and prayer . |