Sentence examples for left to wait for from inspiring English sources

Even that was O.K., but when we sat down, we were left to wait for 15 minutes without water or drinks.

His bike, however, did not climb back up, and Augustyn was left to wait for a team car to bring him another one.

As a child, I remember being parked outside pubs with a bottle of pop and a packet of crisps and left to wait for the grownups.

As usual, there was construction at J.F.K. and there was no jetway, so I was left to wait for my bag on the tarmac and bear the 25 degrees with winds at 20 miles per hour in my T-shirt.

She's 53, but Leigh refers to herself once or twice as a veteran, and seems to imply she won't have all that many more decades left to wait for the first-class parts to be offered.

Earlier this month, the 22 contestants at a beauty contest in Guayaquil, Ecuador's largest city, were left to wait for two hours, propping up their hair while their make-up melted, until a local official showed up to open the event.

The bill footed by the taxpayer to top up the rent money is out of control, because landlords know they can charge what they like, while renters are left to wait patiently for years for a new home".

Presumably, if you were a person of lesser status or charm, you might be left to wait there for some time.

Then he left us to wait for the anesthesiologist.

The train which had carried the Duke of Wellington to Roby had not had space for them, and had left them to wait for the other trains which they believed were following.

"I want the test also, so now everyone will know!" She stormed out, leaving Ancrum to wait for the buccal swab.