Example sentences of "[verb] for [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 31 | But until manufacturers and club professionals come to realise that a significant number play the game left-handed , the world of golf will just have to wait for its Gower , Seles , McEnroe and White . |
| 32 | Real boulevard creation , making what is now the centre of West Berlin , around Kurfürstendamm , had to wait for its beginnings in the 1920s and its maturity under Allied rule in the 1960s . |
| 33 | It was sent to the lost-luggage office to wait for its owner . |
| 34 | Equally , Penny remains on one level as a deluded fantasist who believes , very like an Iranian woman , that a wife 's duty is to wait for her husband 's return from the wars . |
| 35 | Pepita set down among the crates to wait for her friend and the rum to reach her . |
| 36 | They would have married sooner but had to wait for her divorce ; Pamela Chrimes told me that it took some time to obtain the evidence of adultery which was then necessary . |
| 37 | And Elinor was just going to have to wait for her merciful release . |
| 38 | She got herself seated at a table for four , ordered a glass of pastis , the local drink , and settled back to wait for her friends . |
| 39 | It sounded like a question , but he had never intended to wait for her answer . |
| 40 | His kiss was leisurely as if they had all the time in the world to explore each other , and he could afford to wait for her response , confident in his own powers of arousing it . |
| 41 | Even when she was tiny she had n't really thought of him that way , and when she was older , about thirteen , she had secretly been terribly proud in front of the other girls when Georg , who had never seemed to go through a spotty adolescent phase like other boys , used to wait for her outside school so that they could walk up the mountain road together . |
| 42 | Then , without bothering to wait for her answer , he had swung round again and was heading imperiously for the group of gold-brocade-covered armchairs that stood in the curve of the huge bay window , overlooking the sun-burnished waters of Loch Lomond . |
| 43 | to wait for her midwifery to come through and then er they 've closed that |
| 44 | I put him back in his stable again , complete with an enormous amount of bandaging and went home to wait for my vet to phone with the results of the x-rays . |
| 45 | I did n't have long to wait for my first recovery , because the next day a kid arrived at the house carrying the ghastly yellow-coated corpse of a starling . |
| 46 | ‘ You 'll have to wait for your supper tonight , ’ announced the old girl . |
| 47 | If you are selling a house and buying another one , you may find yourself in a position where you have to wait for your purchaser to complete , whereas your new home is ready . |
| 48 | Imagine — with Air Miles you do n't have to wait for your annual summer holidays to come around . |
| 49 | individual , reliable appointment times which minimise the time you have to wait for your consultation and for any tests resulting from it ; |
| 50 | That list is sent in the er assignment pack to the estate agent to wait for your arrival . |
| 51 | You 've got to wait for your money have n't you ? |
| 52 | Ah , yo you 've got to wait for your cup of tea erm , they 've sort of gone a bit cold . |
| 53 | No you have to wait for your lunch . |
| 54 | I think though , your lamp you 're gon na have to wait for your lamp because that 's but you can have your desk |
| 55 | When we said a rather overwhelmed no thank you , he directed us to the V.I.P.lounge to wait for our flight — cream leather armchairs free tea , coffee or soft drinks , sandwiches , cakes and more free newspapers . |
| 56 | On the other , we have still to wait for our final adoption at the Second Coming ( Rom. 8:23 ) . |
| 57 | Williams , who beat Trevor Currie on Tuesday night to add the European championship to his Commonwealth title , may have to wait for his shot at the British champion , though Mason rises to his former sparring partner 's rhetoric . |
| 58 | Williams , who beat Trevor Currie on Tuesday night to add the European championship to his Commonwealth title , may have to wait for his shot at the British champion , though Mason rises to his former sparring partner 's rhetoric . |
| 59 | Deng Xiaoping managed to stay alive and did not wish to wait for his own death before being given any credit . |
| 60 | Never one to let a lack of cash stand in his way , Desmond persuaded the liquidator to agree to a long closing — i.e. to wait for his money until UPH had re-sold the site . |