Example sentences of "[noun sg] wait for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bottomley mum 3-hour wait for op |
| 2 | There are plans to give everyone affordable health insurance , allow leave from work for anyone with a sick child or elderly relative to look after , and enforce a seven-day wait for anyone wanting to buy a handgun . |
| 3 | The drinking session that followed stretched until 4.00 am ; the players disproving the theory that time and tide wait for no man . |
| 4 | The rest of the journey , not least an eight hour wait for a connection in Los Angeles , was not , I have to admit , so memorable or pleasing . |
| 5 | Copies of the charter were being given out during the rush hour at Darlington but connections proved not to be the best with an hour wait for the next train south . |
| 6 | They are also helpful if they are arranged so that you are paid on or before the date of delivery of your goods or services as compared with the usual 40- to 70-day wait for your cheque . |
| 7 | Unconcerned that it took him more than a year to prepare for , he points out the record wait for a first speech is 40 years and even Margaret Thatcher took 18 months before she made hers . |
| 8 | Controversy follows the rugby men around of course , but for the fans it 's carnival time , while the international team wait for England . |
| 9 | Even at windswept Thornaby where facilities can best be described as minimal , I checked the charter during my 15 minute wait for a connection . |
| 10 | The average wait for these patients who were seen outside the normal times of outpatient clinics , was 13 ( range 3–104 ) weeks . |
| 11 | The average wait for a routine appointment at our department 's outpatient clinic was eight months , with a further wait of two years for a prostatectomy . |
| 12 | This should reduce the average wait for notes from 20 weeks to 4.6 weeks . |
| 13 | Robin 's mother Dorothy says , the four month wait for their trial in a Turkish prison has been a huge mental strain . |
| 14 | Hereford 's 5 month wait for an away win in the league came to an end at Spotland . |
| 15 | They will now face a six week wait for the results of the tests . |
| 16 | Some elil wait for their prey , but the white owl is a seeker and he comes in silence . |
| 17 | They work by detecting the by-products of the vaginitis bacteria that cause its characteristic fishy smell , and can be carried out in the surgery in two minutes , thus avoiding the usual five to 10-day wait for lab test results — and prolonged discomfort . |
| 18 | Many of those City supporters have indicated that , given the choice , they would rather have handed out a thrashing to their neighbours and arch-rivals tomorrow night and done their bit to extend Old Trafford 's embarrassing 25-year wait for the championship . |
| 19 | As Villa wait for a fitness check on £1.1 million Republic of Ireland defender Steve Staunton , Atkinson warned : ‘ No one relishes playing Wimbledon . |
| 20 | It means Aylesbury Vale Health Authority will now be able to comply will the new patients charter , which says a 2 year wait for treatment should be the maximum . |
| 21 | There was not a weakness to be seen and no-one at the game would back against them ending a 26-year wait for the Championship . |
| 22 | If you are working on the RM Nimbus network WAIT for the Command Menu to reappear and then : |
| 23 | The orthopaedic department is working towards a one-year maximum wait for patients on a waiting list for an operation and hope to drastically cut the wait for an outpatient appointment . |
| 24 | Housemartins like tremolo notes on the fence wire wait for heat and the fulmination of flies that lie numbed in crevices all around me . |