Example sentences of "have to wait [det] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Lutton , reasonably happy with his performance in last weekend 's Irish trials in Dublin , accepts he may have to wait that little bit longer to gain Irish recognition .
2 About 60 p.c. will be A bonds , so investors expecting redemption in 1994 may have to wait several extra years for full repayment : holders are likely to seek higher interest rates as compensation .
3 Failing that , it would have to wait another twelve months .
4 Fans of Mr Fox hope they do n't have to wait another twebty years to see him here again .
5 He 'll then have to wait another 4 weeks before he 's allowed to apply for his passport to be returned .
6 A British tourist freed after two years in an Indian jail may have to wait another four months to leave the country .
7 THREE Welshmen held in a Spanish jail for 17 months over the stabbing of a Turk were yesterday told they will have to wait another six months to be tried .
8 ‘ Is that a promise , Chris , or will I have to wait another six months before I bump into you — literally ? ’
9 It looks as if Mr Franklin and other shareholders will have to wait another three weeks for news on that front .
10 But , on this evidence , the 31-year-old former England international wo n't have to wait another ten months before linking up again .
11 More mundanely , most likely , prepare to have the family for which they had to wait many wearing years .
12 Then I had to wait some three years , and the attitude in hospital and lack of administrative efficiency was unpleasantly conspicuous .
13 The farmers had to wait some considerable time for compensation , and when it came it was not the expected bonanza .
14 The Roman Catholics had to wait another five years again , and I was already in Banbury when the Roman Catholic voluntary-aided secondary modern school was opened , in an odour of incense and the presence of an Archbishop .
15 Becky laughed but had to wait another five days before she actually saw the young officer again .
16 But Roosevelt was close to death , and the British had to wait another two years until the " brain-wave " at last arrived in the form of discreet signals from the US State Department — signals which led in due course to the European Recovery Programme and Marshall Aid .
17 But the Conservative conversion , at Disraeli 's prompting , to the cause of reform , had to wait another fifteen years .
18 But there was nothing that I or anyone else could do about it ; she , and we , had to wait another six months before she was finally gathered .
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