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Meanings of wait only in English

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Usage of wait only in English
1
De Soya has to wait only a minute before the Inquisitors arrive.
The Hyperion Cantos
2
The machinists have agreed to wait only until Friday before walking out.
Wired
3
The ship could wait only a little while because of the quarantine.
The Innocents Abroad
4
They seemed to wait only for the darkness and for a leader.
Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals / In Two Volumes, V...
5
The Iroquois wait only for the signal from their leaders to fall on.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12
6
Yes, father, right willingly, wait only until it is day.
The Junior Classics, Volume 1: Fairy and wonder tales
7
They wait only for the drum-beat and the trumpet to summon them to armed conflict.
Cæsar's Column: A Story of the Twentieth Century
8
Thou shalt go, Anthony; but wait only for Monday.
For the Faith: A Story of the Young Pioneers of Reformation in O...
9
The French wait only for orders from Quebec, then march nine hundred bushrovers against Washington.
Canada: the Empire of the North / Being the Romantic Story of th...
10
Having secured the ball, he should wait only long enough to steady himself before throwing.
Base-Ball / How to Become a Player, With the Origin, History and...
11
Now we have to wait only for my sister.
L'Assommoir
12
My Lord High Constable, I wait only your pleasure to attend you to your lodgings.
The Fair Maid of Perth; Or, St. Valentine's Day
13
We wait only for your command to shoot, Captain.'
The two towers
14
She had to wait only three or four minutes before he came-insmoking jacket and slippers.
The Cost
15
We wait only for the fulness of time.
Vergilius: A Tale of the Coming of Christ
16
No, I shall wait only until the dark.
Out Around Rigel
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Wait only through the time
Wait only across language varieties
United Kingdom
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