Example sentences of "could [not/n't] wait for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He was really looking forward to being a father and could not wait for the birth . |
| 2 | great , I could n't wait For the life of Mrs |
| 3 | could n't wait For the life of Mrs |
| 4 | could n't wait For the life of Mrs Riley . |
| 5 | I could n't wait for the air raids . |
| 6 | As Goffmann points out , the end of conversational encounters carry an increased risk of creating offence — in the sense that careless or perfunctory termination may convey the misleading impression that one could n't wait for the session to end and that as far as one was concerned the whole episode was a waste of time . |
| 7 | I could n't wait for the bell to ring at four in the afternoon when class would end and I could bang my lid for the last time before running all the way down the Whitechapel Road to help out on the barrow . |