Possible Clues:

• If you were patient, that's what you'd hope to get
• You must be patient if you get stood a round
• Took out, in a way
• Cured editor on outing
• Paid for a round, of course
• Dealt with in a patient(and generous) sort of way
• Stood around, perhaps, was what the doctor did
• Stood 32 across, perhaps
• Stood round and negotiated
• One's been so patient