Example sentences of "[conj] wait for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Buy a 944 — or wait for the forthcoming 968 . |
| 2 | Oliver asked whether they should go after Barbara Coleman or wait for the others . |
| 3 | If you 've had to put a plan on ice or wait for an opportune moment to announce a life-expanding decision then you need wait no longer . |
| 4 | Repeat them movement , while counting to 4 slowly , as often as you can — for instance while washing the dishes or waiting for a bus . |
| 5 | Mr Lambert said : ‘ It may be that this man was hitch-hiking or waiting for a lift . ’ |
| 6 | Prior to the Tektronix announcement , such users were confined to an IBM system using the PS/2 board or waiting for the Network Computing Devices Inc plug-in board option that is announced but not yet available . |
| 7 | During the past few months , we have again weighed upthe pros and cons of reapplying now , or waiting for the time being . |
| 8 | Other locals , not directly involved with the gangs , but basking in the glory and the protection bought rounds of drinks or waited for a chance to join in the conversation . |
| 9 | The tests show people with symptomless HIV did not benefit in terms of survival or spread of the disease , whether they took the drug immediately on diagnosis or waited for the onset of infection . |
| 10 | Sam , without any hesitation had agreed knowing that to wait for the first available fireman would delay his train 's departure . |
| 11 | Friends believe he may take the post rather than wait for a by-election to resume his career . |
| 12 | Rather than wait for a third guy , Lee sets his ball down quick and hits it . |
| 13 | How much better it is to remove trees carefully rather than wait for a gale to do it in an uncoordinated way . |
| 14 | It was a silent final , one of the decisive points being David Smith 's decision to quietly take an easy single at the fourth end rather than wait for a more decisive 2 at the later end . |
| 15 | Rather than wait for an employment appeal tribunal , they went on strike . |
| 16 | So also , where an impoverished family left their accommodation on receipt of a distress warrant for rent arrears rather than wait for an eviction order , they were held by the House of Lords to have become homeless intentionally and this encouraged local housing authorities to require such orders before accepting such homeless applicants . |
| 17 | Rather than wait for the release of the third cinema outing , Ocean have written an excellent multilevel extravaganza , incorporating and improving on existing styles from the other two RoboCop games . |
| 18 | Taylor wishes that in Sweden he had substituted the frustrated Gary Lineker with the pace of Tony Daley in the second match against France , rather than wait for the third and final game against Sweden to bring the curtain down on his captain 's international career . |
| 19 | The World Cup referees must have felt that the ball had ‘ been killed ’ on the ground and that it was therefore necessary to blow straight away for the penalty rather than wait for the advantage to occur . |
| 20 | Moreover , if the tables are to be turned , the USSR will do so at a time of her choosing , rather than wait for the hour of maximum danger to herself . |
| 21 | But rather than wait for the English to be lured on to these snares , he decided to launch the first attack himself . |
| 22 | To link things up we have to act on the information rather than wait for the information to act on us . |
| 23 | We also sought to provide a link for residents of Murieston to Livingston centre while the Murieston area is still developing , rather than wait for the completion of this housing area before taking action . |
| 24 | Rather than wait for the 28th CPSU congress due in July , as had been expected [ see pp. 37234-35 ] , a plenum of the CPSU central committee had given the party 's endorsement to the changes on March 11 . |
| 25 | At the summit , which was by all accounts an exceptionally heated affair , President Mubarak broke with Arab tradition and forced through a majority vote , rather than wait for the emergence of a unanimous compromise . |
| 26 | I wanted the sugar and rather than wait for the waiter to return or ask this boy to get it , I asked Harvey for the sugar . |
| 27 | Rather than wait for the groaning lift , I use the stairs . |
| 28 | By seeming to do little more than wait for the economy to get better by itself , President Bush condemned himself . |
| 29 | Pregnant women whose babies are overdue may be better off being induced rather than waiting for a spontaneous birth . |
| 30 | It 's late now , and it 'll be quicker than waiting for a cab — and it 's insured for all drivers . |