Example sentences of "wait for the [noun] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Sitting on an empty place and waiting for the price to rocket , more like . ’ |
| 2 | There are profound differences , obviously , between blasting birds out of the sky with a shotgun , sitting quietly on a riverbank waiting for the fish to bit , chasing foxes or stags over open country on horseback or sending dogs down a hole to dismember badgers . |
| 3 | As we were sitting in the station waiting-room , waiting for the train to Zaragoza , he took my hand and wept . |
| 4 | The estimable Anderson spoke half-truths as his friend and fellow bag-carrier , Billy Gunn , now explained as he sat on a green caddies ' bench and waited for the call to duty . |
| 5 | We stared at the water which was pretty choppy and waited for the Indian to surface but he never did . |