Example sentences of "[verb] to wait [adj] weeks " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We ca n't be expected to wait six weeks for another good performance . ’ |
| 2 | But Coun Shephard , who is chairman of the district 's environmental health committee , said he had spoken to two families who were told only last month they would have to wait 50 weeks . |
| 3 | So I thought well I do n't have to wait three weeks for mine so next time I do n't feel great I 'm gon na call in and take a couple of days off . |
| 4 | Doing away with heft commissions , not having to wait six weeks or more to be paid , and , most rewardingly , meeting the people who actually look at and buy artworks , make the inevitable disruption a small price to pay . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | He only had to wait 6–8 weeks . |
| 7 | " The rules are that if you leave your employment voluntarily you have to wait six weeks before you can claim Unemployment Benefit . |
| 8 | Other people who have contributed money all their lives to the NHS since it began have to wait 51 weeks for a hip replacement . |
| 9 | Non-fundholders have to wait ten weeks in Guildford for an ultra-sound scan ; fund-holders can have one within two weeks . |
| 10 | At present farmers have to wait three weeks between spreading the sludge on their fields and allowing cattle to graze . |
| 11 | It was an arrangement we had I , I would n't phone in cos you have to wait three weeks for your wages if I phone in . |