Example sentences of "[verb] 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 But then they 'll and say wait till Thursday till the round , the doctor 's round .
15 I 'm sat waiting for mine , ordered yesterday .
16 It beats waiting at Heathrow every time .
17 It would be highly intelligent to take in the situation instantaneously and choose to stand waiting for death ; but that would be not a reaction but a deliberate act .
18 The unprecedented admission about the state of the royal marriage yesterday , on the last day of their Korean tour , was what the Princess of Wales has waited since June 7 to hear .
19 BRITONS are becoming a nation of tactical shoppers , prepared to wait for sale bargains , say analysts Verdict Research .
20 The warning her anxious mother had impressed on her as they 'd waited for Folly 's plane at Athens airport had obviously been quite correct .
21 Dowd had stayed out of the Retreat all the time he 'd waited for Godolphin ( a wearisome three days ) even though it would have given him some measure of protection against the bitter cold .
22 He 'd waited for Lucy but then , when she had n't come out alone , he 'd stayed well back in the shadows .
23 He just had some time to spare waiting for Maria Luisa to return and why not fill it with a bit of Ruth-baiting ?
24 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 .
25 We 've all had to wait for doctors and dentists , yeah ?
26 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 .
27 We have had to wait in patience all these years . ’
28 ( 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 .
29 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 .
30 ‘ But they were going to wait for Floy to get back !
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