Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [coord] wait for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Cubbage , now a broken , weeping figure lay down on the rail and waited for the train to end his life and his earthly troubles . |
| 2 | There were no books in the room so all I could do was look out of the window and wait for the quarterly chimes from the Cathedral Clock . |
| 3 | We sat on the sand and waited for the placings to come over the Tannoy . |
| 4 | He stood listening as they crossed the hall and waited for the sound of the lift gates closing . |
| 5 | They all walked around to the back of the coach and waited for the driver to open the boot for them . |
| 6 | Some even made me jump After this we got back on the coach and waited for the ferry . |
| 7 | At the Lock , Marie sat in a hollow in the sand-hills by the canal and waited for the magic to start ; she waited for everything to be made all right . |
| 8 | He advised the ladies to walk towards the town and wait for the men at the first hotel . |
| 9 | Hundreds of people are standing around , gazing up at the indicator and waiting for the platform of their train to be flashed up . |
| 10 | Gathering her courage together , she descended from the gig and waited for the old man to precede her across the porch . |
| 11 | It places it into a context of back in the 1930's when people would gather early in the morning and wait for the foreman to come along and pick out people who look suitable for work that day . |
| 12 | Brown started to giggle to himself , put his feet up on the sofa and waited for the images and feelings to take possession of him . |
| 13 | The supposition being that it 's always easier for the offspring just to sit on the nest and wait for the parent . |
| 14 | The high-level officials from State Department stamped their feet on the tarmac and waited for the aircraft doors to open . |
| 15 | He turned on the shower and waited for the hot water to flow through so that he could adjust the temperature . |
| 16 | They stood on the step and waited for the taxi with black bands on their arms and suitcases in their hands , forlorn passengers from a wrecked ship , clutching a few haphazardly salvaged possessions and staring in dismay at the choppy sea to which they must commit themselves . |
| 17 | He is said to sink onto his knee on the track and wait for the train to end his life ; the train crews used to look out for the shadowy figure and shudder . |