Example sentences of "[adv] wait for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Would you rather wait for the other ladies ? ’ he ventured , obviously torn between his duty and the thought of her sitting alone in such rowdy company for several minutes . |
| 2 | As Cati left , she continued , to Sabina , who was sprinkling flour into a basin and whirling it into a dough with her fist , ‘ But you can only wait for the storming to pass … . ’ |
| 3 | She 's worried any of them could be killed … and for now she can only wait for the missing cat to return |
| 4 | The speed is almost enough to lever a Windows user out of his comfortable environment and back into DOS ( but some of us will just wait for the Windows version ! ) . |
| 5 | Now ladies and gentlemen if you have any questions we 'll be happy to answer them for you Can you just wait for the microphone because the guys at the back ca n't hear the question |
| 6 | Can not wait for the end . |
| 7 | Taking up the points made in recent days by Mr Tony Blair , Labour 's employment spokesman , and the TUC , Mr Fowler said the dismantling of the closed shop need not wait for the passage of the bill . |
| 8 | London Transport did not wait for the delivery of the RM class buses and used the existing RT type for several years . |
| 9 | ‘ He was really looking forward to being a father and could not wait for the birth . |
| 10 | Thereafter , I did not wait for the reappearance of the symptoms , but treated the tank every five to six weeks . |
| 11 | In the spadefoot , the intense competition among males for females means that some over-anxious males do not wait for the females to get into the pond but instead waylay them on the way to the breeding ground ; the pair then arrive at the pond already in amplexus . |
| 12 | They did not wait for the masses to come to them , they followed the masses and sometimes they were even there first . |
| 13 | He did not wait for the servants to open the doors , but just pushed through into the entrance hall , and then into the great ballroom where a score of painters and upholsterers were finishing a long night 's work during which they had transformed the ballroom into a silk-hung fantasy . |
| 14 | Like the golfer who hits his one decent shot on the eighteenth hole and can not wait for the following weekend 's game , I felt light of heart with the warm promise of another evening in the company of the delightful Sally Drayton . |
| 15 | He can not wait for the proposed exchange of animals . |
| 16 | ‘ The unemployed can not wait for the recovery the Tories are waiting for . |
| 17 | According to one report , people could hardly wait for the attack to start , and everybody wanted to be present at Britain 's impending defeat . |
| 18 | Nevertheless he always remained undaunted and could hardly wait for the winding up of his previous effort before starting to plan its successor . |
| 19 | In the all ticket days you could often wait for the first coach from Leeds to turn up and they would have 20+ tickets for us poor souls who could nt get one ! ! |
| 20 | In the all ticket days you could often wait for the first coach from Leeds to turn up and they would have 20+ tickets for us poor souls who could nt get one ! ! |
| 21 | So do n't wait for the scratching to start . |
| 22 | I ca n't wait for the summer . |
| 23 | I could n't wait for the pictures to come out , I was so excited to see them . |
| 24 | great , I could n't wait For the life of Mrs |
| 25 | could n't wait For the life of Mrs |
| 26 | could n't wait For the life of Mrs Riley . |
| 27 | An absolute winner — I ca n't wait for the new items in the series . |
| 28 | Somebody Who Ca n't Wait For The New Morrissey Record , Milan |
| 29 | Having used a good CAVOK day absorbing its contents , I ca n't wait for the chance to get out and put some of Harvey Plourde 's theories to the test in my Champ — Bob Grimstead . |
| 30 | I ca n't wait for the next get-together , and the thought of pulling on that old white shirt again excites me . |