Example sentences of "[verb] waited [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Donkey has waited for a few minutes . |
| 2 | He should have waited for a better moment instead of acting impulsively . |
| 3 | They could easily have waited for a few days . ’ |
| 4 | By the time the Unimix — a high protein gruel — is dished out of the cooking drums , they will have waited in the stagnant , heavy heat most of the day . |
| 5 | Rory had waited with the older man — silent for quarter of an hour apart from a whispered hello and a quick explanation of what was going on — until the herd of deer appeared , brown shapes on the brown hill . |
| 6 | As the sky slowly brightened and they waited , Fleury thought of how he and Harry had waited for the first attack of all at the beginning of June . |
| 7 | One study showed that about half of teenage mothers did not go to the antenatal clinic until the third or fourth month , almost one in five had waited until the fifth month of pregnancy , and a few did not go at all . |
| 8 | Some have waited for a booming voice to give direction and are still waiting after years of meditation and prayer . |
| 9 | They have waited in an unattractive waiting room for long periods and by the time they reach a counter are at breaking-point . |