Example sentences of "[verb] to wait [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Prince Charles had intended to wait for Cumberland to attack , but after his troops had endured this merciless fire for 20 minutes or more one commander warned Lord George Murray that his men ‘ were turned so impatient that they were like to break their ranks ’ and the pretender agreed to an immediate attack . |
| 2 | Male and female responses to the static models could have differed because crested auklet males tend to wait for females to approach , then aggressively reject unwanted partners , whereas females are more active in seeking out and approaching males ( although both sexes show either type of behaviour ) . |
| 3 | The Security Council agreed to wait until March 10 before deciding action . |
| 4 | But with the confidence of youth she does not want to wait beyond Barcelona for her first Games medal . |
| 5 | Moss says independent software vendors do n't need to wait for Unix suppliers to release integrated offerings to begin application development and porting work — if they develop to TME now , applications should move across to integrated operating systems ‘ almost intact , ’ he claims . |
| 6 | Moss says independent software vendors do n't need to wait for Unix suppliers to release integrated offerings to begin application development and conversion work — if they develop to TME now , applications should move across to integrated operating systems ‘ almost intact , ’ he claims . |
| 7 | Well , you do n't really need to wait until Hallowe'en to tell monster jokes — any old dark and stormy night will do . |
| 8 | The Czechoslovak Finance Minister , Vaclav Klaus , expressed impatience at the pace of progress envisaged by the communiqué , declaring that Czechoslovakia did " not want to wait for committees " and wished to " start the overhaul tomorrow " . |
| 9 | By 1908 Wilson noted that the 1,000 or so Chinese seamen shipped at United Kingdom ports in 1905 had increased by 1907 to 5,000 and a deputation of 40 seamen was organised to wait upon Winston Churchill , then President of the Board of Trade . |
| 10 | It is working with Intel on the project but has to wait for silicon before it attempts to actualise the product and turn it over to LSI Logic for manufacture . |
| 11 | Has to wait for food to be cooked and prepare to wait for it . |
| 12 | Since job D has to wait for completion of B , and only B , before it can start , the early start for D is 7 . |
| 13 | Since job D has to wait for completion of B , and only B , before it can start , the early start for D is 7 . |
| 14 | BRITONS are becoming a nation of tactical shoppers , prepared to wait for sale bargains , say analysts Verdict Research . |
| 15 | Problems have arisen at King 's College Hospital , London , where large numbers of patients have had to wait on trolleys for up to 30 hours in the accident and emergency unit while waiting for a bed . |
| 16 | We 've all had to wait for doctors and dentists , yeah ? |
| 17 | Daalny had acted , after all ; she must have taken the second key during Vespers , from the nail where at noon she had watched the porter hang the first one , but she had had to wait for near-darkness before using it . |
| 18 | We have had to wait in patience all these years . ’ |
| 19 | ( 3 ) For purposes of subsection ( 1 ) ( b ) a person induced to take in payment a cheque or other security for money by way of conditional satisfaction of a pre-existing liability is to be treated not as being paid but as being induced to wait for payment . |
| 20 | The reason is that s.2(3) provides that , for the purposes of s.2(1) ( b ) in this situation only , the creditor is deemed to have been induced to wait for payment . |
| 21 | ‘ But they were going to wait for Floy to get back ! |
| 22 | ‘ They are n't going to wait for Floy to come back , ’ said Caspar . |
| 23 | we 've been slightly more amenable but invite to your club temerity to ask your Lordship rather me , but as I 'm on my feet , er ask your Lordship whether you could sit at all early on Friday as to help Mr er , I , I was little concerned to hear Mr say that he was going to wait for Mr he had responded because that would of course then extend more into Friday , it may be more sensible if Mr could have |
| 24 | ’ Are we not going to wait for Frejji ? ’ |
| 25 | And perhaps he was n't going to wait until morning before launching a search . |
| 26 | ‘ You 've got to wait for Doctor to come along and give you permission . |
| 27 | that means Ann had got to wait till April cheque . |
| 28 | She was summoned to wait upon Dona Marguerita at noon the following day . |
| 29 | For the next hour or two , Mr Handford tried to rectify the fault in the chilly darkness , but as it proved impossible , he decided to wait until daylight and to get some sleep meanwhile . |
| 30 | One clubs , Wasps , decided to wait until Saturday to make their decision , much to the annoyance of their opponents , Harlequins , who had forked out £1,500 for an overnight stay in a hotel . |