Example sentences of "to wait a [adj] [noun] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She seemed to wait a long time before she heard footsteps within , and then a light sprang up beyond the frosted glass . |
| 2 | She explained that with some people one had to wait a long time before one saw what one wanted to see . |
| 3 | We had to wait a long time because I had my mother to look after and she was rather difficult . ’ |
| 4 | There was no proper funeral , as there had been no proper wedding ceremony ; they simply hauled the waterlogged body onto a bonfire of driftwood , and even though the sea wind at dawn had made the fire hot enough to break the stones of the beach , it was six hours before the body was gone , and then they had to wait a whole day before they could rake the ashes for his bones and send them to her . |
| 5 | However , it is possible that the vet may not be able to come to your home immediately , and it can be extremely traumatic to have to wait a whole day until the vet is free to leave the surgery . |
| 6 | She was obliged to wait a few minutes while a Land Rover was being manoeuvred into the empty space beside her and then , with a start , she saw the driver . |
| 7 | But jobs were hard to find and he decided not to resign then but to wait a few weeks until he found another job . |
| 8 | Ring up and ask , though it 's best to wait a few days until tutors have worked out exactly what position their courses are in . |