Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] to wait " in BNC.
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| 1 | L would myself much prefer to wait on just one diner , even if he were a total stranger . |
| 2 | It can not simply withhold performance and wait to be sued : if it does , the other party merely has to wait until expiry of the contractual time bar period and then sue . |
| 3 | I was passing over a hill when Idris drove past me , hooting , and pointing to the valley where he was obviously going to wait for me . |
| 4 | Otherwise he would not only have to wait till the young of a non-related male were reared but would probably have to protect them as well in order to prevent other males from supplanting him . |
| 5 | The rescue service , which describes its staff as the ‘ new knights of the road , ’ boasts women alone should only have to wait 20 minutes . |
| 6 | He left her on the hard shoulder , near Epping , Essex , saying she would only have to wait 15 minutes . |
| 7 | EVER bought a sofa or a bed and been told you 'll only have to wait two or three weeks for delivery , and ten weeks later you 're still waiting … ? |
| 8 | But the England under-21 midfielder only had to wait until the 53rd minute to exact his revenge when he chipped in a telling cross for Goodman to score . |
| 9 | Maybe he thought that since there 'd been sixty-odd quid in my bag there 'd be more on my person , and he only had to wait till I nodded off and then he 'd nick it and away . |
| 10 | He only had to wait 6–8 weeks . |
| 11 | We only had to wait for five minutes for the first boooooom … and a second … and a third . |
| 12 | He only had to wait . ’ |
| 13 | And he only had to wait a couple of erm points left on his licence so if I 'd taken the dangerous thriving or something he could have lost his licence but erm that 's besides the point . |
| 14 | She only had to wait till tonight , and she would get her answers . |
| 15 | ( The trouble with that was that so many All Blacks and Springboks and older British Internationals were at the University he would be better advised to wait a year or two . ) |
| 16 | By the same token , if it is good you only have to wait five minutes and it will get worse . |
| 17 | And that , that we only have to wait till Thursday |
| 18 | She prudently intended to wait at least until she found another job . |
| 19 | Indeed , some of their officials expressed strong opinions on the subject at the time but have since decided to wait and , as one put it , ‘ let the team do the talking on the park in Newry . ’ |
| 20 | Customers are no longer prepared to wait for several months for their chosen pattern . |
| 21 | The people of Somalia have already had to wait too long . |
| 22 | And I thought , I 'm just going to wait and see what he says , and I 'll say well they 'll be walking round naked cos he 's not bought them a pair of socks , pants , T-shirt jumper , nowt . |
| 23 | Pick up the phone , key in R star 1 , and you should be back talking , but with the other one , we 're just going to wait and see what happens after 75 seconds . |
| 24 | I 've just got to wait my time and think , ‘ Well , my day will come . |
| 25 | Yep , and the older one fancies medicine , but erm , might know , her her projections are great , but any , inadequate for that , so erm , bio-chemistry is a possibility , but erm , with just got to wait and see . |
| 26 | He 's got two industrious midfielders , Mickey Lewis and Les Phillips , Steve McLaren , he plays these lovely beautiful long balls , Glen Hoddle style , but he 's a bit injury prone , but still a good player ; but this guy , he 's got a lot of promise , and we 've just got to wait and see — a baptism of fire at West Ham tomorrow . |
| 27 | But we 've just got to wait and see , I mean , I know the sort of questions they 're going to ask , and they do deserve to hear some answers , I promise you that Jane . |
| 28 | I would just have to wait and see . |
| 29 | We 'll just have to wait and see . ’ |
| 30 | We 'll just have to wait and see . ’ |