Example sentences of "to wait for 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 | The Chinese do n't like their planes to fly unless the weather is absolutely O.K. So we had to wait for a few hours for the plane to arrive from Shanghai . |
| 15 | So it might pay a mother to wait for a few days and see what happened to the baby . |
| 16 | After I was at court I had to go back to Low Newton to wait for a few weeks before I could go to Styal prison . |
| 17 | You can use this function to wait for a specified time for a key to be pressed . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Well , I phoned them up , and I 'd been badgering them , and they told me to wait for a further communication . |
| 20 | An announcement in May confirming the selection of Glasgow removed earlier uncertainty , although final confirmation has to wait for a further consultation period until the end of June . |
| 21 | But British and French workers did not have to wait for an economic upturn . |
| 22 | Sometimes it is necessary to wait for an incoming aircraft which might cause a slight delay before you proceed to the resort . |