Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] wait for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I decided to wait for a review — you know what Microsoft 's other support lines are like . |
| 2 | I kept waiting for him to turn his head , so it , get , one properly . |
| 3 | ‘ If I did wait for Garry to come back into the fold , what would you be doing ? ’ |
| 4 | I had to wait for another performance to see . ’ |
| 5 | I had to wait for a considerable time for the expanse of blue sky above my chosen scene ( figure XX ) to be substantial enough for photography . |
| 6 | At the same time , while ensuring the blue of sky in front of the camera , I had to wait for the sun to fall on the scene from behind me , otherwise the sparkle of beach and palms would have been lost . |
| 7 | At the flat there were drinks parties and little dinners every week , which irritated me , as I had to wait for everyone to finish filling the air with their thoughts on the latest novel before I could go to bed on the sofa . |
| 8 | My family and I had to wait for three weeks in Bombay before getting a boat for England , but during that time I was able to do some useful PR work with newspapers and radio . |
| 9 | To prepare this article I had to wait for an event on a day when the visibility was gin-clear to get good photographs from my open cockpit Jodel D9 , using a telephoto lens at various focal lengths to obtain the required framing . |
| 10 | ‘ I had to wait for the right moment to tell Nicola . |
| 11 | Well I had to , I had to wait for about eight months or was it s six months to get one of my lights fixed but for er other things they were quite quick actually . |
| 12 | I had to wait for what seemed like hours . |
| 13 | ‘ Sorry to be so long — I had to wait for Tom to finish a phone call . ’ |
| 14 | I had to wait for about ten minutes . |
| 15 | Needing the number of a firm in Guildford ( Candy Domestic Equipment ) I had waited for five minutes for the inquiry people to answer , been cut short when I attempted to give the address and then handed out two minutes of silence . |
| 16 | The director of studies , an obnoxious little shit who knew exactly where we both stood , received me in audience after I had waited for three-quarters of an hour . |
| 17 | All through tea I had waited for some indication on his part that he knew I had seen the girl — as he must have known , for it was obvious that the nocturnal concert had been given to announce her presence . |
| 18 | Hatton had been walking along in the dark and someone had waited for him among the willows and the brambles , the stone ready for use . |
| 19 | I was shown into an empty office where I sat waiting for a minimum of ten minutes . |
| 20 | Nor had she seen anyone she knew at the airport while she 'd waited for her flight . |
| 21 | She seemed to wait for an initiative from her friend . |
| 22 | As she turned to wait for me at the end of the path , I felt I was looking at her for the first time : her face paler than her arms , a blonde shadow on her upper lip , no lipstick . |
| 23 | Only child Adele wrote after reading about a local teenager who died waiting for a swap op . |
| 24 | She kept waiting for him to do something , but he hesitated , as if he were waiting for her . |
| 25 | She appeared to wait for me to go on . |
| 26 | As it happened , this queen mother was the most remarkable and able of them all , and it is therefore something of an irony that she had to wait for twelve years , until 1554 , and stage a successful coup , before obtaining the place which earlier queen mothers had immediately enjoyed . |
| 27 | After the concert she had to wait for four minutes before McCartney could rejoin her … while he accepted a standing ovation . |
| 28 | She had to wait for some time before the door was opened , and she hoped very much that it would be opened by Clelia , but it was not ; it was opened by a thin , brown , balding , youngish looking man . |
| 29 | Clare was fired for turning up late after she had to wait for a doctor because Josh had a temperature . |
| 30 | ‘ I offered to bring her back again but she said she had to wait for Angharad . ’ |