Example sentences of "[verb] waited for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And an age of empire past , it has waited for the world to come to it . |
| 2 | If they had been advised as to the necessity for clear offers in writing with terms set out from the bank , their case is that they would have taken that advice , they would have waited for the bank offer and if and when it had not been suitable for them they would not have exchanged and their case is also that er once things had gone er very badly wrong and they wanted to get out of the contract if they had been advised as to the way out er then er they would have been er of that , they would have served notice and they would have got out of the contract . |
| 3 | For six years , on battlefields and in sieges , they had fought side by side and Harper , as soon as he heard of the new war , had waited for a word from his old officer . |
| 4 | Like a little puppy dog , he had waited for a sign that he was forgiven . |
| 5 | She had awakened early , busied herself with her bags and , while she had waited for the taxi repeatedly told herself that men were a species that she would avoid at all costs from here on in . |
| 6 | One Saturday morning she had waited for an hour and a half outside the dentist 's where he had gone to have a troublesome tooth fixed . |
| 7 | Mrs Di Brown , a former secretary of Yarm Conservatives who now lives in Abbey Road , Darlington , said she felt sorry for people who had waited for an hour or more . |