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

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1 Well a very close fought encounter at the stadium ; we had to wait for quarter of an hour for the first actual goal chance when Dave Bristow hit the ball from twenty five yards , which just cleared the bar .
2 Daniel , who spent £75 on new games and equipment , added : ‘ We had to wait for ages but it was worth it . ’
3 I followed mum and joined a long queue , there we had to wait for ages while other people on our flight handed in their tickets .
4 As we were leaving the theatre , we had to wait for Dad to shake hands in the foyer with some dignitaries .
5 Soviet policy with regard to Eastern Europe was sloganised as ‘ development in groups ’ , as though we had to wait for Mongolia to catch up before we could be allowed to develop .
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