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Example sentences for "wait until"

  • Why didn't he wait until he had her address?

  • I'd hate to wait until I was a hundred and forty or so to get my money back.

  • In vain they tried to comfort her, entreat her to wait until to-morrow before she gave up.

  • We'll have to wait until we see how the twins do turn out before we can be sure that my way is equally good.

  • I wish I'd sold her to Mr. Shearer when he wanted her last week, but I thought it was just as well to wait until we had the auction of the stock and let them all go together.

  • There is nothing for us to do but to wait until we hear something of them.

  • There is nothing to do now but to wait until we learn what force is coming against us.

  • But now there is nothing to do but to wait until my lord returns.

  • I had to wait until to-day, you know, because it was Saturday.

  • Since we have nothing to expect, we are perfectly willing to wait until we get it.

  • Wait until I have taken off my things," said Dolly, "and then we 'll talk it over.

  • I wait until I see what is current, and then I pay the same.

  • When they did not want to take the goods, they got cash if I had it; and if I did not have it at the time, they had just to wait until I could make some shift to get it for them.

  • I don't know whether it would be better to get it in my hand then, or to wait until I got it all at once at the conclusion.

  • Wait until we halt for a rest and feed the cattle.

  • I asked of Mr. Brown; but that gentleman thought that it was best to wait until Mr. Wright made his appearance, and get him to check the abuses.

  • Wait until he hears of your bravery, and knows what you have done, and then you'll see how quickly he will shake you by the hand, and congratulate you.

  • Wait until I've learned a bit more--if you're not sick of teaching such an idiot.

  • Wait until I've kept house for Bob for a while, and faced life without nice soft buffers like Norah and Mrs. Brown!

  • Wait until my wool cheque comes in, and you want a new frock--then you'll speak respectfully of my little merinoes.

  • I thought it would be better to wait until I could think over what I had said to her before I pursued this subject.

  • I suppose everything must give way to business,' she said, 'and I shall have to wait until Wednesday.

  • I decided to wait until evening, but it was impossible to remain inactive.

  • Wait until we hear what he says before we think anything.

  • Wait until we get to those trees down there, where we'll rest," said Vitalis, smiling at my astonishment.

  • I have to wait until he interferes with me, or my mines, or my workmen.

  • Wait until I get you a chair," said Clay.

  • Wait until he gets here with that gun, an' I'll do some huntin' that will make them savages skip!

  • We will have to wait until morning to see, however.

  • We will have to wait until morning to find out.

  • He doubted whether he was understood, and he decided to wait until later to try and make them acquainted with the fact that he wanted one of them to come back with him.

  • We'll have to wait until we see what HE does.

  • Wait until it gets a little darker, and the effect will be better.

  • But I'll wait until later, though I hate to.

  • But we will have to wait until we all assemble.

  • If you can't wait until to-morrow for the seventy-five cents you know what you can do.

  • All right--wait until I see what happened to Jordan's store; then we'll go.

  • But if it had to happen in Boston, I'm sorry it didn't wait until I was through.

  • I prefer to wait until Mr. Gurney can get here before I decide fully on just what shall be done," replied Mr. Hillman.

  • Then again, if we wait until morning, we are just so much further behind.

  • George had insisted that he was perfectly able to walk as far as "The Harnett," and would have done so had not his mother and his friends urged so strongly for him to wait until he should see the doctor again.

  • But wouldn't it be better to wait until we reach Seguro--as a matter of sportsmanship?

  • Better to wait until daylight, if I may be so bold as to suggest to your ladyship.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "wait until" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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