Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] to wait " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Richards pointed out , the fact that the history of sexuality has had to wait so long to be written shows the strength of the taboos we have inherited . |
| 2 | She is a bit upset that she has had to wait almost a year before receiving any income . |
| 3 | Platt has had to wait in the wings because he is one of four foreign players fighting for the permitted three places . |
| 4 | The most highly regarded Australian umpire , Tony Crafter , has had to wait until the final Test of the series for his first match this summer . |
| 5 | he , too , has had to wait , partly because of Chris Smith 's consistency . |
| 6 | Darlington council has had to wait while negotiations have been completed with British Rail over the site ownership . |
| 7 | So that F has got to wait outside , the brackets , till the stuff inside 's been worked out . |
| 8 | Basically Katy needs to learn to wait . |
| 9 | It remains unclear why Sinn Fein has chosen to wait until next week before publishing the full content of the documents . |
| 10 | Codemasters ' director David Darling said : ‘ The fact that Sega has chosen to wait to sue until just before our commercial launch shows this is a blatant attempt to keep us from the market they control . ’ |
| 11 | She 'd had to wait the best part of a month at Holmsly Manor , and then everything had happened at once . |
| 12 | But , alas , she was destined to have to wait for an answer , as Nettie , the housekeeper , chose that very moment to come into the room carrying a tea-tray . |
| 13 | He left the toffees on the table , not wanting to have to wait through five minutes of loud chewing between replies . |
| 14 | At home , where an admiral 's powers were much more restricted , and even the most favoured officers could expect to have to wait for their promotion until the end of the admiral 's period of command , when it was customary to make him the compliment of a few promotions on striking his flag , it was still possible to introduce new entrants to a seagoing life . |
| 15 | The thing is they are slow , you 've you 've got to remember to wait and you you know you |
| 16 | But he was going to have to wait until reaching England before he had the chance to branch into opera production . |
| 17 | And Elinor was just going to have to wait for her merciful release . |
| 18 | However much he wanted the answer to his unasked question , he was going to have to wait for it . |
| 19 | Worse still , the unique Gynaecological Oncology Unit at Bart 's was full — she was going to have to wait two weeks for a bed there . |
| 20 | We 're not going to have to wait much longer to learn which country and town have won AST Research Inc 's long-promised European personal computer plant . |
| 21 | Sub-contracting works fine most of the time but if you want something done urgently and the typesetter is broken or tied up on a job for its owner then guess who 's work is going to have to wait . |
| 22 | But I swear that when a Vadinamian tells an off-worlder that he 's going to have to wait around even longer , the joints between the upper segments curve into a number of smug smiles . |
| 23 | ‘ Then I 'm afraid it 's going to have to wait . |
| 24 | She was not feeling in her sunniest humour as she wondered if she was going to have to wait all day tomorrow for her summons , when someone rang her doorbell . |
| 25 | On answering it , with a sick feeling in the pit of her stomach , she realised she was n't going to have to wait until tomorrow to receive her marching orders . |
| 26 | Yes we know that Tim but you 're just going to have to wait until we 've all finished . |
| 27 | I do n't think Paul Kee will play , and to be perfectly honest , I do n't think Jim Magilton will play , but we 're going to have to wait until tomorrow ; Billy Bingham just ca n't make up his mind . |
| 28 | Theresa I 'm going to have to stop you and I 'm going to have stop you as well Sue and can I say that we 're going to need to wait and see what the Prime Minister has to say . |
| 29 | Other people who have contributed money all their lives to the NHS since it began have to wait 51 weeks for a hip replacement . |
| 30 | In that case , our malevolent might have decided to wait around on the off-chance that he would go to the kitchen or bathroom . |