Example sentences of "he waited for the [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He waited for the laughter to die down and then , ignoring Mickey Aronson , he leaned his head out of the window , gave his gravelly laugh and confided to the other men : ‘ A bigger ignoramus I never met ; he does n't even know that ships and cars are always female . ’ |
| 2 | As he waited for the noise to die down , Forester looked around the room . |
| 3 | Reloading the Walther , he waited for the lavatory to flush before going through to help the old man back to bed . |
| 4 | He waited for the Doctor to pass in front of him and followed . |
| 5 | While he waited for the bath to fill he went through the whole scene again in his head and congratulated himself for staying so calm . |
| 6 | Now I could hear the throb of impatience in his voice as he waited for the curtain to go up . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | He waited for the train to shudder to a halt before jumping from the freight car and closing the door as quietly as possible behind him . |