Example sentences of "[noun] waited for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | On a wild and windy day , with gusts of rain driving into the side of the crematorium , an Anglican priest waited for the next funeral to commence . |
| 2 | Bernice waited for the Doctor to continue , but he walked on and then glanced sideways at her as if expecting another question . |
| 3 | Ken waited for the reviews anxiously , as he always did . |
| 4 | After the church ceremony , a horse and carriage waited for the newlyweds and took them to their reception , where an entertainer was waiting in the wings to take the children off the adults ' hands . |
| 5 | Three youths armed with Armalite pen-knives waited for the band to unload their gear before threatening them and attempting to drive away with their van . |
| 6 | And then both factions waited for the battle that must come . |
| 7 | For three long weeks his anxious parents waited for the results of more tests which would confirm whether he had this almost unknown condition , A-T . |
| 8 | When the Christian Brethren movement and the Catholic Apostolic Church emerged in Britain in the 1830s and the Millerites in New England waited for the return of Christ in the 1840s , adventism had already taken firm root in evangelicalism ( where it has remained ever since ) . |
| 9 | While Coleridge waited for the sun to set behind Dowsborough and Higher Hare Knap , he wrote the first fluent draft of a poem reworked soon afterwards as ‘ This Lime-Tree Bower My Prison ’ . |
| 10 | Cameron waited for the minister to finish his ritual of nodding and handshaking with the congregation . |
| 11 | Elinor waited for the apology she felt was due from Clare . |
| 12 | Rab waited for the explosion . |
| 13 | Owen waited for the words which would justify his own intervention . |
| 14 | After Theo had gone , Vincent waited for the right moment to break his own news to Sien . |
| 15 | Our business is personal with him and if you get between us — ’ The factor waited for the threat but a tall cloaked figure standing beside Menzies had pulled his arm to forestall him . |
| 16 | Blanche waited for the door to click before she asked the next question . |
| 17 | Gilbert waited for the lightning strike that would finally find them , and began to babble a hopeless prayer . |
| 18 | The men from the Rathcoole district waited for the order to come for their release , but nothing happened . |
| 19 | It is touching but rather embarrassing that after the film the rest of the people waited for the foreign quests to leave first , and clapped us when we went out . |
| 20 | For an anxious moment Ace waited for the suit 's air system to cut in . |
| 21 | If the trees waited for the onset of cold weather before starting to shed , they could be damaged by the shortfall in water by the time the process was complete . |
| 22 | Analysing the difference between Labour and the Tories , Mr Kinnock said that while Labour planned ahead for the future , the Government waited for the future to come and hit them . |
| 23 | While Pottz came to the mountain , Richie waited for the mountain to come to him . |
| 24 | Christina waited for the explosion . |
| 25 | Juliet waited for the furious words , just as it had happened before . |
| 26 | Cowley waited for the fury to abate , staring impassively at the little man . |
| 27 | The Sergeant waited for the drum-roll to die away , and for a drunk , shouting incoherently , to be dragged through a grim looking door . |
| 28 | A tense 40 minutes followed as the gang waited for the arrival of a security van , loaded with double Christmas wages for local firms in Blackley , Manchester . |
| 29 | Karlinsky waited for the applause to die away . |
| 30 | Mandeville waited for the Santerres to withdraw before he answered . |