Example sentences of "have to wait for [adj] [noun] before " in BNC.
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1 | We might well have to wait for six months before we found a prahu which was heading in the right direction . |
2 | Though debt-for-equity swaps represent one way for banks to recover part of their developing country debt exposure , they still stand to lose money and look likely to have to wait for some years before they can cash in their equity stakes . |
3 | After the concert she had to wait for four minutes before McCartney could rejoin her … while he accepted a standing ovation . |
4 | The trouble was that after they were born , children had to wait for six years before they could be sent to school and forgotten for most of the day . |
5 | He had to wait for fifteen minutes before he was admitted to the Agency 's annexe . |
6 | She had to wait for some time before the door was opened , and she hoped very much that it would be opened by Clelia , but it was not ; it was opened by a thin , brown , balding , youngish looking man . |