Example sentences of "[adv] wait for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I should perhaps wait for some more romantic hour . ’ |
| 2 | They had a long wait for this one , almost an hour . |
| 3 | But it 's a long wait for those affected by the virus . |
| 4 | AN instant testing kit for cancer will end patients ' agonisingly long wait for vital results . |
| 5 | I thought bloody hell Lynn you 're only waiting for fifty P , you know ? |
| 6 | She did not seem at a loss , only waiting for some boring and pointless noise to end . |
| 7 | perhaps waiting for all the kids to school first perhaps ca n't see to do it in the dark |
| 8 | With other constants which define array sizes , such as maxExp , minExp and the various constants related to the number of rows and columns in the picture it is possible that an increase will lead to a memory overflow or long waits for some actions to terminate . |
| 9 | In practice , viewers preferred to wait and see — or rather wait for other people to see — before converting their TV sets to receive the new signal . |
| 10 | Do not wait for political discussions . |
| 11 | ‘ Hurry , Wolfprince , for my work does not wait for such as you , ’ he said in his sibilant whisper , but now Nuadu detected a lick of pleasure in the voice . |
| 12 | They did not wait for blind Pew , who tried to follow them , tapping wildly with his stick . |
| 13 | We need not wait for evil to swoop out of the cosmos or ascend from the depths of hell : it is here now , not incarnate in human form but embodied in the structures and philosophies of our modern culture.l It is this contemporary culture with which we must grapple and fight . |
| 14 | So , where neo-Marxists argue that the revolutionary forces in the Third World need not wait for Western-style capitalism in order to produce successful communist revolution , mode of production theorists maintain the orthodox Marxist thesis that communism can only come about when the organized working class , the proletariat , destroys the class power of the bourgeoisie through an anti-capitalist revolution . |
| 15 | The procedure does not wait for offline modules to be transferred , however a value is returned in MODULES_ONLINE to indicate whether any modules are offline awaiting transfer . |
| 16 | The procedure does not wait for offline modules to be transferred , however a value is returned in MODULES_ON_LINE to indicate whether any modules are offline awaiting transfer . |
| 17 | • Do not wait for secondary symptoms as tissue damage will have already occurred . |
| 18 | Most of them do all they can for the elderly with their limited resources , but if your parent is badly in need of a telephone and there is no way of your managing to install it for her , you should bring every possible pressure to bear to produce some speedy action on his or her behalf ; for sudden illness , and the need for medical attention , does not wait for lengthy negotiations and committee work to rumble on indefinitely before it puts in an appearance.With very few exceptions , blaming individual social workers for delay in providing any particular service is usually an unfair and useless exercise , for they are only part of a large organisation and if things go wrong an approach to the local Director of Social Services is the best course of action . |
| 19 | Isabel did not wait for more . |
| 20 | ‘ Then I have to stay here in hospital and just wait for this toxaemia thing to develop ? ’ asked Faye anxiously . |
| 21 | ‘ Very likely just waiting for one of the girls from the theatre . ’ |
| 22 | Nor do I feel like setting myself up as an Aunt Sally just waiting for all those girls to throw themselves at me in the attempt to knock me off my perch ! ’ |
| 23 | Now , we 're just waiting for 3414 to finish the conversation . |
| 24 | Just waiting for some tax forms . |
| 25 | We 're all ready , we 're just waiting for this gravy now |
| 26 | I 'm going back to the erm controversial emotive subject of atomic power I suppose , as you said earlier , the the atomic bomb and erm I suppose the most worrying thing for er for everybody was when erm the Cuba crisis was on and everybody was just waiting for these mushrooms to appear over London because we all thought we were gon na be bombed at any time but er obviously the other thing that sort of worries people is other things that you said about Chernobyl and Three Mile Island but on the other side , obviously the erm the low cost of atomic power must be the advantage for the future . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm not waiting for any session to finish . |
| 28 | He gave Midnight a nudge , not waiting for any answers . |
| 29 | He turned abruptly away , not waiting for any answer . |
| 30 | ‘ They 're retreating , sir ! ’ the Sergeant shouted to an officer far behind him , then , not waiting for any orders , spurred his horse forward . |