Example sentences of "[verb] for [pers pn] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She wanted desperately to reach out to him , but she knew that she had to wait for him to make the first move . |
| 2 | While waiting for them to reach the outer limit of their seaward tack , we fished for our enormous aviator 's chart which was larger and more colourful , if little more useful , than theirs . |
| 3 | Today the Royals can not relax for a second , can not step one foot outside their own home without being met by a barrage of photographers waiting for them to make the smallest slip . |
| 4 | The command TIME displays the current time on the screen and waits for you to enter the new time . |
| 5 | Controlling for them tests the original relationship between X and Y , and checks that it holds up . |
| 6 | The time taken for them to enter the dark box is noted , and if they have not done so by the end of a fixed time , say one minute , the experiment is terminated . |
| 7 | It remains for us to consider the macro-economic case for the widespread and general adoption of the industrial co-operative form . |
| 8 | And waited for her to make the next move . |
| 9 | But nor was it every day that in broad daylight — given that the light was n't all that good — that she stood in what was now quite heavy rain getting soaked while her amorous swain waited for her to make the next move . |
| 10 | Then you might care for me to redraft the complete document in more concise form . |
| 11 | After all , you confused me with someone else , and I really should n't care for you to make the same mistake twice . |
| 12 | When he motioned for her to take the wooden spoon from him she did so , avoiding touching him at all costs . |
| 13 | Not that she would have fooled anyone as she was , but eighteen months of good food and expert surgery had transformed her , making the thousand yuan he 'd paid for her seem the merest trifle . |