Example sentences of "[conj] wait for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Repeat them movement , while counting to 4 slowly , as often as you can — for instance while washing the dishes or waiting for a bus . |
| 3 | Mr Lambert said : ‘ It may be that this man was hitch-hiking or waiting for a lift . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Friends believe he may take the post rather than wait for a by-election to resume his career . |
| 6 | Rather than wait for a third guy , Lee sets his ball down quick and hits it . |
| 7 | How much better it is to remove trees carefully rather than wait for a gale to do it in an uncoordinated way . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Rather than wait for an employment appeal tribunal , they went on strike . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Pregnant women whose babies are overdue may be better off being induced rather than waiting for a spontaneous birth . |
| 12 | It 's late now , and it 'll be quicker than waiting for a cab — and it 's insured for all drivers . |
| 13 | if Frank can get some first team football in spain i guess he feels that it will be better for his career than waiting for a chance at leeds — a chance that much likely will not come up . |
| 14 | I urge the assembly to accept this amendment to depart from this statement , to commend to our churches the use of the apostle 's creed and to wait for a day of broad theological agreement which in the providence of God and by the work of the holy spirit will surely come and then agree upon a statement of faith which we shall all agree and be able to commend enthusiastically to the church but until then to depart from this one . |
| 15 | You could almost stand and wait for a horse to deliver . |
| 16 | Numbers on the train were greatly reduced at Georgemas where those going to Wick had to dismount and wait for a connecting Sprinter . |
| 17 | You have to be sure the bird is very hungry , and if it 's not you have to sit down and wait for a long , long time . |
| 18 | His constitution was now in place , his political position at home was very strong , but he was almost seventy years of age and could hardly afford to sit back and wait for a long-term transformation to solve Algeria 's problems . |
| 19 | Pluck a London-based journalist out of the office ; put him or her on a train with a party heavyweight ; and wait for a slice of prime grassroots ham to arrive . |
| 20 | Once the message was on the wire , he had little else to do except sit back and wait for a few days . |
| 21 | Yesterday West Yorkshire officers advised women to stay in their cars and wait for a patrol if they break down . |
| 22 | It might seem a smaller risk to stick to stores and wait for a retailing boom to return . |
| 23 | If your flow of ideas dries up , return to your central idea and wait for a new thought . |
| 24 | The resulting larvae sit on the sand or climb up any grass present and wait for a mammal to pass by . |
| 25 | He said she was to go to Ludgate Circus , stand on the south corner of Fleet Street at 6.30 p.m. and wait for a cab to pull in and pick her up . |
| 26 | of your block of flats and wait for a sign . |
| 27 | They 've given her something and she , she had to put this stuff on her hair , had to take a trip to the hairdresser and he said to the hairdresser comb my hair first and then put this stuff on and wait for a fortnight and it did come a little lighter , but it was n't much |
| 28 | He would just have to play along for a while and wait for an opportunity . |
| 29 | PAMELA : [ alone ] After what has passed I must leave this house and go to the next town and wait for an opportunity to get home to my parents . |
| 30 | The consequences of a low initial limit was that a solicitor would either have to stop work at an early stage and wait for an extension to be authorised , which ‘ is time-consuming , causes delay and raises difficulties with clients , ’ or work on without an extension . |