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

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1 The verdict on that one , however , may have to wait for many years yet .
2 However , that discussion will have to wait for another day .
3 A new motor car was for many a luxury that would have to wait for another day .
4 But I am afraid this will have to wait for another occasion . ’
5 All is well , however , except that the 140 people on the island will have to wait for another occasion to exercise their democratic rights .
6 Managers who never leave do not have to wait for another manager to retire or die so that they can fill their shoes .
7 ‘ I 'm sorry to disappoint you , but Hadrian and his wall will have to wait for another time . ’
8 There were n't any houses then and there was a big ditch where the canal side and erm we used to have to wait for each other , because no street lamps , nothing at all like that and er really we used to be afraid and then when the first bus ran , shall I tell you this , when the first bus ran from , from Bloxwich to Willenhall of course word got around that the buses were beginning , because the roads were only ruts , they were n't tarmacked roads then and it was certainly gentlemen first for the first there were about three hundred waiting that was a lot of at the top is it Street , I think it 's that and all the gentlemen were first but we , some of us managed to scramble on , but erm then they used to break down very very often because the roads the roads were in such a terrible condition they were only ruts .
9 Though debt-for-equity swaps represent one way for banks to recover part of their developing country debt exposure , they still stand to lose money and look likely to have to wait for some years before they can cash in their equity stakes .
10 I had to wait for another performance to see . ’
11 Fellow passengers had to wait for another train to continue their journey because the original train 's safety mechanism had jammed .
12 We had to wait for some months in order to get a passage and finally set oft on my birthday in January .
13 She had to wait for some time before the door was opened , and she hoped very much that it would be opened by Clelia , but it was not ; it was opened by a thin , brown , balding , youngish looking man .
14 Electrical stimulation could produce dramatic effects , but the proper study of electro-physiology had to wait for some time until it was possible to record small electrical potentials .
15 We had to wait for some days until a convoy of ships was ready .
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