Example sentences of "[prep] waiting for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , after waiting for a specified length of time , the hair can be shampooed in the usual way . |
| 2 | Such an approach enables active work to go on at all times , including those when no change of placement is contemplated or during periods of waiting for a suitable placement to become available . |
| 3 | As the numbers of records increase , the problem of waiting for a reply to a query until the whole of a serial file has been searched increases in proportion , and eventually this delay becomes unacceptable . |
| 4 | She was therefore a little disconcerted to find when they left the station that instead of waiting for a taxi Lady Selvedge began to stride away in the direction of Victoria Street , saying ‘ I know just the place for us to get a snack . |
| 5 | Instead of waiting for a slot on national TV , the police could have already put this man 's name into the public domain . |
| 6 | Lisa had got a proper job at last , as though tired of waiting for the Revolution . |
| 7 | Instead of waiting for the predator to attack them , they use their powerful claws to turn the tables . |
| 8 | There was no cool period here of waiting for the ice to break . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 ’ . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | It 's just a question of waiting for the bleep . ’ |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | There is no suggestion anywhere else in the New Testament of waiting for the Holy Spirit . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | We were sort of waiting for the sunset thing . |
| 24 | The reminiscing continued — the deaths of friends , one man marching alone through the night , the terrible hard labour it was for some men to die , night marches from one safe house to another , the rain , the wet , the damp , the cold of waiting for an ambush in one place for hours . |
| 25 | For example , if you wish your ‘ commanding ’ child to wait patiently until a more convenient time for her demands to be met , you could reinforce ( reward ) her for waiting for ( say ) ten seconds , subsequently you would reinforce her for waiting for a longer interval of time , gradually increasing the interval each time you ask her to wait . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 ) . |
| 28 | Never sit about waiting for the result of one interview . |
| 29 | I did n't want to have to hang about waiting for the attendant to open lockers . |
| 30 | It was like waiting for a bomb to explode , because she never knew what he would do next . |