Example sentences of "as he wait for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As he waits for the computer to load up the programmes , he scans the rolls of newly arrived faxes . |
| 2 | Bored as he waits for the liquid to boil , eyed admiringly by his pint-sized partner , he plays with wooden spills , dipping them into the solution and passing them through the flame beneath . |
| 3 | He taps his pencil up and down as he waits for the finance director to finish . |
| 4 | Twenty-seven year old Alan Dobbs from Tredworth in Gloucester collapsed at Schipol airport as he waited for a flight to Briatin . |
| 5 | As he waited for a colleague delivering mail to Mr Reenan 's £300,000 Oxfordshire home , Ron said : ‘ One minute he 's talking about going to Diana , the next he 's gone to a newspaper . |
| 6 | The 27-year-old , from Hornsey , north London , died in hospital after being attacked as he waited for a train with his brother at Finsbury Park Tube station . |
| 7 | Less than ten yards away from Harry as he waited for the Swindon train , the same man stood examining paperbacks on a bookstall . |
| 8 | As he waited for the noise to die down , Forester looked around the room . |
| 9 | As he waited for the executioner , he was dressed in the blue suit that he had worn on his last public appearance . |
| 10 | He shifted from one foot to the other as he waited for the door to be answered . |
| 11 | ‘ I know you speak Russian , ’ Myeloski said as he waited for the Englishman , ‘ but it would be better if we spoke only English . |
| 12 | The man hesitated , his eyes flicking nervously from side to side as he waited for the magic . |
| 13 | He leaned forward , his forearms resting on his knees , his eyes riveted to the portable radio at his feet as he waited for the pitcher 's next delivery . |
| 14 | He brushed a speck of dust from his sleeve as he waited for the silence he required . |
| 15 | He shivered in shop doorways as he waited for the traffic lights to give him green . |
| 16 | The idea of this power , this energy , came to him as he waited for the traffic lights to change so that he could cross . |
| 17 | And to crown it all , ‘ What a charming companion you have been , ’ Ven commented across the table as he waited for the waiter to bring him their bill . |
| 18 | Now I could hear the throb of impatience in his voice as he waited for the curtain to go up . |
| 19 | As he waited for the ambulance , the injured man bravely signed autographs for the children . |