Example sentences of "[verb] and wait for " in BNC.
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| 1 | fra , ma frame of mind , you got to demand and wait for the answer , even though it might take a minute for the to say erm , erm , oh we use erm , you know , we 've got a , a , a local van that comes and se , like , you know . |
| 2 | From here she could watch and wait for take-off , count the bombers out , bless them on their way . |
| 3 | If you do snap a twig then freeze and wait for several minutes before continuing . |
| 4 | … once the CNAA even began to lend its support to this development , there literally was a kind of explosion , and plainly institutions had been looking and waiting for validation in this field … |
| 5 | One supports that I lay in the street looking and waiting for a a man they mention tonight and that man is a well known killer of British soldiers . |
| 6 | Er try and relax and wait for them . |
| 7 | Our Dawn told me he 's had to go and wait for that bloody pregnancy scan . |
| 8 | As he pulled on the oars — he could not bear simply to sit and wait for the bell to ring — John was again the boy who had set out to be the man he never became . |
| 9 | ‘ Well , ’ he thought , ‘ I 'll just have to sit and wait for the mist to clear . ’ |
| 10 | Yet the alternative , to sit and wait for help that might never arrive , was terrifying . |
| 11 | They have heavy bodies , and sit and wait for prey to come to them , striking with unerring accuracy and speed at any small mammal as it passes . |
| 12 | Significantly , the home referees in south Africa and Sandy MacNeill and David Bishop , the two test referees , were prepared to wait and wait for the ball to emerge from rucks and mauls . |
| 13 | If you have a very complex sort or lots of calculation that add up values from lots of records , expect to wait and wait for your report . |
| 14 | Behind a door , they could hear an audience shuffling , coughing and waiting for a show to start . |
| 15 | He just sits there , very quietly , and watches me work and waits for me to talk . |
| 16 | Because he felt so relaxed , he was able to smile and wait for another bar or two before letting the music dictate an answer . |
| 17 | ‘ I 've been waiting and waiting for you to do that . |
| 18 | I kept waiting and waiting for you to ask me to stay but you did n't . |
| 19 | An official I spoke to said there were no staff to take the train on and we had to leave and wait for another to come along . ’ |
| 20 | And not tell her that I know and wait for her to tell me . |
| 21 | Whilst they rested and fed and waited for the skies to clear , we could enjoy their presence . |
| 22 | ‘ The breakfast table is set and waiting for you . |
| 23 | Then , before she could decide whether to retreat and wait for the Empress to leave , a man murmured softly . |
| 24 | But in retrospect thinking back I should just have and waited for something else come along . |
| 25 | He slumped and waited for God to save him . |
| 26 | While her body , like a desert longing for rain to bring it to life , switched to hold and waited for him to fulfil his promise of delight . |
| 27 | Numbers on the train were greatly reduced at Georgemas where those going to Wick had to dismount and wait for a connecting Sprinter . |
| 28 | Every division of the army had a prearranged town or village where it would gather and wait for further orders . |
| 29 | I have something to watch and wait for , she thought . |
| 30 | First the then the uniform , then you go and wait for the envelope to come through the door , and it did , reported us to Agricultural College for a month 's training . |