Example sentences of "[vb base] wait [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Its figures only measure waiting time from the day a patient is put on to a consultant 's in-patient or day case waiting list . |
| 2 | Armed police play waiting game at siege cottage |
| 3 | I 've waited weeks for this load . |
| 4 | Now he 's been told to stop doing a good turn for pensioners and others who otherwise have to wait minutes for a gap in the traffic . |
| 5 | National Westminster has announced four thousand redundancies and yet you still have to wait ages in the queue at the bank , why is that ? |
| 6 | But now they have to wait weeks or even months to claim back the money — forced to produce an exam certificate for each trainee before the TEC pays up . |
| 7 | We still have to wait months for payment of vitally important benefits such as the attendance allowance . |
| 8 | I have waited hours here , usually on the north side , until called forward to the ferry boat and never regretted the delay ; anyone with an eye for impressive beauty will not regard time spent at Kylesku as wasted . |