Example sentences of "[prep] waiting for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lisa had got a proper job at last , as though tired of waiting for the Revolution . |
| 2 | Instead of waiting for the predator to attack them , they use their powerful claws to turn the tables . |
| 3 | There was no cool period here of waiting for the ice to break . |
| 4 | Then it would be purely a matter of waiting for the assassin 's bullet to strike home , or a carefully planned accident to take place . |
| 5 | That same Sunday , in the evening , there was played out in the Cabinet Room the sad farce of waiting for the telegram of conditions for the line of credit front Morgans ' in New York , relayed through the Bank of England , and containing when it came the terms which were wanted by MacDonald and Snowden , but which were anathema to half the Cabinet . |
| 6 | Choosing the best time to buy is not always possible , and sometimes the inconvenience of waiting for the right moment can cause more trouble than any financial saving may by worth . |
| 7 | Villagers have fallen into the role of waiting for the nurse to cure their sicknesses , the agricultural extension worker to apply the latest gardening technique and government officers to inform them on political developments . |
| 8 | Last week , the Montgomery County ( Maryland ) chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ( NAACP ) , tired of waiting for the police to solve the case and for NIH to comment on the report , held a press conference to express its outrage at the events of the past seven months and to demand that the lives of those affected ‘ be made whole ’ . |
| 9 | I also suspect that all the major players will shortly move to 400dpi as their base resolution , it 's probably only a question of waiting for the engine manufacturers to get production rolling for the new CCITT Group IV facsimile standard and then taking the excess . |
| 10 | This must be what shooting a film was like : the brightly lit scene , the ennui of waiting for the chief actors to appear tile brief moments of activity , the concentrated attention to detail . |
| 11 | And the only thing is that finally after three months of waiting for the received all their medals and things for so it can go ahead . |
| 12 | It 's just a question of waiting for the bleep . ’ |
| 13 | Because it has the element of ‘ non-disturbance ’ about it , some scientists feel easier about using e-mail instead of waiting for the corridor/coffee break meeting . |
| 14 | There is no suggestion anywhere else in the New Testament of waiting for the Holy Spirit . |
| 15 | Given the benefit of hindsight , Scotland could have done with a more demanding opening and might also have deployed the likes of Murry Walker and Carl Hogg first out , instead of waiting for the taxing fixture against Nadroga . |
| 16 | Next week parents are due to receive ballot papers to vote on whether they want to push for grant maintained status after years of waiting for the council to convert promises into action . |
| 17 | So I said I was tired of waiting for the money for my things and she can collect it from the students and have it when it came . |
| 18 | We were sort of waiting for the sunset thing . |
| 19 | It should be worth waiting for the last in which Mick Ryan 's Les Amis ( 3.40 ) is well drawn and must be fancied on her two lengths defeat of Quinta Royale at Folkestone . |
| 20 | Emphasise benefits over features and use a sales vocabulary ( e.g. your production people will like it because it helps to overcome ‘ down time ’ through waiting for the material to set ) . |
| 21 | Never sit about waiting for the result of one interview . |
| 22 | I did n't want to have to hang about waiting for the attendant to open lockers . |
| 23 | It was like waiting for the Second Coming . |
| 24 | Britain and Hong Kong have apparently decided against waiting for the Steering Committee of the UN Conference on Indo-Chinese refugees to meet on January 18 before reviewing the situation . |
| 25 | Boxing was the only sport I was any good at , but I often wondered , sitting with gloves on waiting for the fight before mine to end , why on earth I did it . |
| 26 | Before her conversion , she would doubtless have insisted on waiting for the results of a number of studies being conducted by an international panel on climatic change set up by the World Meteorological Organisation and the United Nations Environmental Programme . |
| 27 | The long punters will have plenty of sport with that one though there could be considerable confusion at a quick kick where the revised law says that it may be taken without waiting for the kicker 's team to retire behind the ball — provided they do not become involved in play . |
| 28 | She remained miserably at Little Gidding after Nicholas 's death , but finally , when John died , she hysterically demanded to leave for London immediately after the funeral ; without waiting for the weekly coach she departed uncomfortably in a countryman 's wagon . |
| 29 | He dug his spurs into his horse 's flanks and , without waiting for the others , raced towards the hill . |
| 30 | I went home without waiting for the King 's thanks , because I was not sure what he would say . |