Example sentences of "have to wait [prep] an [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Or whether you 've had to wait for an hour in the rain for the bus to come along , whether you 're in a good mood or a bad mood .
2 Sometimes he would have to wait for an hour or more before he could find someone to carry him to the Collector 's side .
3 Meanwhile , Pogo would just have to wait for an answer .
4 He implied that a united Germany might have to wait on an end to the division of Europe .
5 But , alas , she was destined to have to wait for an answer , as Nettie , the housekeeper , chose that very moment to come into the room carrying a tea-tray .
6 As they crossed to the supermarket they had to wait as an assistant wearing a jacket over his uniform wheeled a long line of trolleys from a loading bay into the store .
7 We had to wait for an hour for our connection to Frankfurt .
8 Heather Courtley , whose son was the patient who had to wait for an hour , said she was not reassured .
9 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 .
10 Turning to those who were referred by the GP to another agency , a major problem experienced by this group was the length of time they had to wait for an appointment ( see also Watson 1985 ) .
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