Example sentences of "and waited for [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I am long on stamina and waited for a red-breasted merganser aimlessly doing nothing under the cliff on which lay the dozing duo . |
| 2 | He waited for the right moment , walked calmly across the road , knelt down , put his neck across the railway line and waited for a loaded van to sever his head . |
| 3 | He withheld the signal until the range was close enough to be deadly , and the stocky Welsh ponies were stretching their frenzied necks and rigid nostrils for the impact , and then flung up his arm , and waited for the tremendous thrumming in the air , that maddening , intoxicating sound like a thousand wild geese all taking flight at once . |
| 4 | Indeed I insisted , against his advice , on waiting , and waited for the best part of two hours , but then could wait no longer . |
| 5 | He turned on the shower and waited for the hot water to flow through so that he could adjust the temperature . |
| 6 | He prepared the altar for Mass , opened the-door and waited for the small trickle of his congregation to enter . |
| 7 | Gathering her courage together , she descended from the gig and waited for the old man to precede her across the porch . |
| 8 | Doris smoothed a hand over her rounded knee and waited for the next question . |
| 9 | William got two oars ready , and waited for the next wave . |
| 10 | We sat and waited for the next move , which turned out to be a visit from Younis and Bilal , insisting that Brian was trying to escape . |
| 11 | I polished off the lager , put my feet up and waited for the editorial meeting . |