Example sentences of "to wait a [adj] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Send it to one at a time and be prepared to wait a good while for a reply . |
| 2 | oh it 's not my type mm Penny 's having to wait a long while for her birthday is n't she ? , |
| 3 | So if , as seems likely , we have to wait a long time for a follow up to the triumphant Glyndebourne production , we should be all the more grateful for occasions like the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra 's concert performance ( sponsored by English Estates ) . |
| 4 | The libel laws should be changed to provide a ‘ fast track ’ system allowing victims of media falsehoods to correct them quickly without having to wait a long time for their cases to go to court and gamble on the result . |
| 5 | When you decide to practise , do not choose a difficult water , or difficult fish , where you are likely to have to wait a long time for a bite . |
| 6 | Like Lanfranc he had welcomed royal co-operation , and had been prepared to wait a long time for it . |
| 7 | I had to wait a long time for an answer , and just before the door opened I nearly came sufficiently to my senses to run away , but sanity came too late . |
| 8 | They were happy to wait a long time for their meals because they could look at her . |
| 9 | Is she making a promise to the British people that this improvement will be financed by an increase in taxation , or that , just as the Conservative Government have always aspired to improve that target , so will a Labour Government , and the British people will have to wait a long time for such an improvement to materialise ? |
| 10 | Though Louis had had plenty of time to gain experience of ruling and to form a court of his own in the subkingdom of Aquitaine ( he had been king there since the age of three ) , he had had to wait a long time for his father 's inheritance . |
| 11 | ‘ I have had to wait a long time for the freedom , but it will be passed down and at least I can say that I was a Freeman of Chester . |
| 12 | which is useful when they may have to wait a whole year for payment for their wheat harvest , or for the sale of fat cattle . |
| 13 | Delivery times for most items were generally satisfactory , but there appears to be a possibility that readers consulting early or rare books in the South Reading Room have to wait a considerable time for items ordered over the lunchtime period . |