Example sentences of "[verb] wait a minute " in BNC.
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| 1 | wait wait a minute , look this is how you do it , do it as if you 're in the buggy you see , you put your head through there , put your , there now |
| 2 | It it it 's not the sort of thing when the gas man calls that the man is being having a gun pointed at him he says wait a minute can I see your card please . |
| 3 | and rung the A A , so as I got through to the A A man I says erm , you know , I says I , where I was parked and all like that and where I was stood and the chap says oh I 'll get a , a van up to ya as soon as I can , but I says wait a minute , I says my car 's just arrived and Joan was the mechanic , he lifted bonnet up and touched something and you brought it down did n't you ? |
| 4 | I do n't know , wait a minute till I see if I can where can I , can you see wait a minute , I 'll show James first . |
| 5 | Lesley rummaged in the depths of her calf handbag for a matching key-case as they crossed at the lights , and flicked out the smallest of the keys on the bunch it contained ‘ You wo n't mind waiting a minute for me ? |
| 6 | I know wait a minute , wait a minute , I 've got a better idea . |
| 7 | Look , you 'll have to wait a minute while I get some gloves . |
| 8 | You want biscuits , well we 've got some biscuits , but you 'll just have to wait a minute , I ca n't unpack everything now , alright , right let's see if we can find the car Get you two in the car first I think , right then , oh , what a heavy trolley full of food Oh dear , dear , dear , will you please put your feet down Charlotte , stop me being kicked . |
| 9 | two two erm thingies two Jaffa Cakes two ba box of Jaffa Cakes and Mini Cheddars then I 'll have to wait a minute please have to wait again , and then a Coke er erm er er er erm doo doo . |
| 10 | to pick him he 's , he went out , he said I said to them , you 'll have to wait a minute my mother ai n't been very well , and I was ironing his shirt , he wo n't nothing to do |
| 11 | for ya , well we could , you 'll have to wait a minute now |
| 12 | But those people even those these people have their necessary necessary place because otherwise the whole group would merrily go on and do everything they decide to do without somebody sitting and saying wait a minute why are we actually doing this ? |
| 13 | and blind people go wait a minute you know , I want to go to this and I want to go to that |
| 14 | Gedanken had to wait a minute for her eyes to get used to the inky black darkness again . |
| 15 | But he said wait a minute I hear him coming down the stairs . |
| 16 | you see I moved a bit more now but and I I 've still got good hearing er apart from this ear here , this ear , I ca n't hear so well , quite so well , this side , you see so I always have to say excuse me while I , hang on while I turn off the television , you see , and then they have to wait a minute till I turn it off and then what I do is because I have this phone extension put in |
| 17 | You have to wait a minute ! |
| 18 | Ah I see wait a minute . |