Example sentences of "wait [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Freda Bastianelli , the mother of four-month-old twin boys , who has a house on the shoreline , complained that another year was a long time to wait for a possible cure . |
| 2 | In those places where there is a delay in substantiation , faith is prepared to wait for a long time at the bar of history . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 ? |
| 6 | Will we have to wait for a Labour Government before positive action is taken ? |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Can I afford to wait for a young child to discover such procedures ? |
| 9 | Just nine first and you dial straight through , you do n't have to wait for a secondary dialling tone do you ? |
| 10 | 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' . |
| 11 | However , he went on to say that the acceptance of the existence of Communist China did not mean that Taiwan had abandoned its " one-China policy " and that the country was prepared to wait for a positive response to its proposals for unification on the basis of liberal democratic policies . |
| 12 | The Irish are patient enough to wait for a lucky break . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | You can use this function to wait for a specified time for a key to be pressed . |
| 15 | The lifetime of the proton in a nucleus is predicted to be greater than 1025 years , so it is not feasible to wait for a sufficient number of transmuted atoms to accumulate . |
| 16 | But British and French workers did not have to wait for an economic upturn . |
| 17 | Sometimes it is necessary to wait for an incoming aircraft which might cause a slight delay before you proceed to the resort . |
| 18 | His constitution was now in place , his political position at home was very strong , but he was almost seventy years of age and could hardly afford to sit back and wait for a long-term transformation to solve Algeria 's problems . |
| 19 | The chute will be replaced but the swings must wait for a future allocation of money . |
| 20 | We can not wait for a Labour Government . |
| 21 | If you ca n't wait for a new model , the Black & Decker Woodworker is ideal for the beginner , or for those wanting a second router for lots of small repetitive tasks . |
| 22 | TransmissionRetryTimeout=45 : Time ( in seconds ) Windows will wait for a busy device ( such as a modem ) to reply . |
| 23 | Numbers on the train were greatly reduced at Georgemas where those going to Wick had to dismount and wait for a connecting Sprinter . |
| 24 | Sometimes children must wait for an empty chair at the milk table before they can sit down . |
| 25 | Although adults can wait for an expected reward , for example until the end of the month for their salary , pre-school children can not wait for even a few hours . |
| 26 | The procedure does not wait for an offline module to be transferred , however a value is returned in MODULES_ON_LINE to indicate that the module is offline awaiting transfer . |
| 27 | Our plan was to simulate the view of a vulture by mounting a camera on a model aircraft : we would wait near a fresh lion kill until the vultures started soaring , and then fly the model aircraft among them as they descended on the carcass . |
| 28 | Resolved not to do anything but wait like a good worker . |
| 29 | In the most dreadful weather he would stand and wait in a wet grove of ash and hazel for a shot at a woodcock . |
| 30 | They had been allowed in , they had gone past the uniformed security , and then had had to sit and wait in a grey-painted lobby , watched by the plainclothes minders , before the man had come down for them . |