Example sentences of "[conj] wait for the " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 But rather than wait for the English to be lured on to these snares , he decided to launch the first attack himself .
6 To link things up we have to act on the information rather than wait for the information to act on us .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 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 .
11 Rather than wait for the groaning lift , I use the stairs .
12 It is unlikely that Patrick will come here and wait for the Plantagenet .
13 ‘ Just let their targets sit back and wait for the bullet , eh ? ’
14 We can not stand by and wait for the equivalent of the Apple Macintosh to create a second empowerment of our students .
15 Significantly , the home referees in south Africa and Sandy MacNeill and David Bishop , the two test referees , were prepared to wait and wait for the ball to emerge from rucks and mauls .
16 As he pulled on the oars — he could not bear simply to sit and wait for the bell to ring — John was again the boy who had set out to be the man he never became .
17 But he could not sit patiently and wait for the next train , in an hour 's time .
18 ‘ Well , ’ he thought , ‘ I 'll just have to sit and wait for the mist to clear . ’
19 Half past eight comes and it is time to stand outside and wait for the bus .
20 Then , before she could decide whether to retreat and wait for the Empress to leave , a man murmured softly .
21 ‘ The fact is you do n't sit back and wait for the UFF or IRA to hit their victims — you go after them .
22 fra , ma frame of mind , you got to demand and wait for the answer , even though it might take a minute for the to say erm , erm , oh we use erm , you know , we 've got a , a , a local van that comes and se , like , you know .
23 Hahnemann felt that the ‘ single dose and wait ’ philosophy left too long a period of inaction and the speed of cure often too slow as the practitioner could do nothing but wait for the remedy to complete its ' curative curve .
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