Example sentences of "[prep] waiting for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A COUPLE were celebrating their new home today after waiting for 42 years . |
| 2 | A COUPLE were celebrating their new home today after waiting for 42 years . |
| 3 | After waiting for eight weeks the guitar finally arrived . |
| 4 | But Believers as yet can not praise this solution — though they have likewise despaired of waiting for political leaders to become planetary saviours . |
| 5 | It has to be said that the world would be a much better place if we just got on and did things instead of waiting for other people to do them on our behalf . |
| 6 | Robert Van Lierop of Vanuatu in the West Pacific and chairman of the group , told the delegates that nations like his ‘ do not have the luxury of waiting for conclusive proof ’ of global warming . |
| 7 | One way to reduce the problem of waiting for elusive components to arrive is to build up a stock of components . |
| 8 | There was silence at that , an air of waiting for more . |
| 9 | It was worth waiting for all her life , she said . |
| 10 | Might be worth waiting for this . |
| 11 | Writing is not about waiting for spare seats at King Arthur 's table . ’ |
| 12 | From your point of view apart from waiting for further calls from her what can the police do ? |
| 13 | Decisions on the propriety of stocking a particular publication must depend very much on his or her own judgment and good sense , rather than on waiting for legal counsel . |
| 14 | Why she stayed on waiting for that phone call Leith could n't have said , though she thought her very large concern about paying her mortgage had something to do with it . |
| 15 | Resources which could be spent on health have been diverted to waiting for ill health and then trying to do something about it , usually with only limited effect . |
| 16 | On the very day I received that letter , it was announced that opting out schools can apply for grammar school status without waiting for 5 years . |
| 17 | A much higher average might well cancel out these small variations and should be done so that a more reliable measurement would be available immediately without waiting for later processing on a mainframe . |
| 18 | This new equipment will be more automated than Abbey Hill , so the frigates will be able to bring their defences into action more quickly , without waiting for human operators to analyse the danger . |
| 19 | He went back into the flat , grabbed his coat , told an astonished Frau Nordern that he was going out for a moment and , without waiting for any protests , dashed out and joined Bodo at the foot of the stairs . |
| 20 | The latter sounded his horn impatiently , and without waiting for any sign nosed his car into the middle lane , accelerating as he did so . |
| 21 | Exactly , ’ he continued , without waiting for any answer other than the look on Ace 's face . |
| 22 | But I do n't know what you 've got without waiting for any I |
| 23 | And , without waiting for any reply , he urged Philomel down Cheapside , leaving the fuming coroner behind . |
| 24 | They should ask two academic referees to recommend them to the Principal without waiting for any request from her . |
| 25 | If the defendant files an admission of the whole or part of the claim within 14 days of service , notice is sent in N 227 to the plaintiff , who may then apply , on notice to the defendant before the return day , for judgment for the whole , or that part of the claim , which the defendant admits , without waiting for any other issues to be resolved . |
| 26 | The auctioneers , without waiting for further payment from the purchaser , paid to the vendor the full amount of the price less their commission charges ( £3.50 ) . |
| 27 | And , without waiting for further comment from Doreen , she left the table . |