Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] wait for " in BNC.
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| 1 | How could you kiss someone properly when you knew they had let you sit there for hours waiting for them while they went off and had dinner with someone else ? |
| 2 | There 's a set up that checks a certain amount of areas and then blanks it otherwise you could be sitting there for hours waiting for a new Con activity so you just chew them off bit by bit . |
| 3 | All our lives , we shall know that behind the veils of the transcendent is a world of freedom waiting for us , with its meadows of delight . |
| 4 | Scattered around the streets is a tiny army of scouts waiting for a battle , but you 'd never know . |
| 5 | Others realized that it was only a matter of patience to wait for the guaranteed escape which would be provided by the end of the war , and as the war dragged on more and more people became converted to this view . |
| 6 | But the Hall of Light faded , and the impression of great elegance and immense silence and a drifting unfamiliar scent faded , and he was falling forward and there was some kind of cell waiting for him , and this was surely the end of everything , and this was surely all he could ever expect anywhere in the entire world … |
| 7 | ‘ I 'll see your mum has a nice cup of tea waiting for you ’ |
| 8 | Greater peace could be found on a boating pond in Regent 's Park than at the populated end of poor Loch Morar in summer , with speed boats raping its once enigmatic waters and queues of cars waiting for senior citizens in their caravans to unblock the single track road where they have parked in a passing place to brew up a cuppa . |
| 9 | He thought of Valerie waiting for him . |
| 10 | If she had told Richard about Harry , and about Maurice 's dubious cargo , he would n't have had to lie in a pool of blood waiting for her own daughter to rescue him . |
| 11 | For three hours in the morning the dining room became a barber 's shop , with a queue of youngsters waiting for their short back and sides . |
| 12 | When she returned she found a letter of dismissal waiting for her and a cheque for payment in lieu of notice . |
| 13 | Why are we Leaving ? is a related subject , portraying the condition of refugees waiting for deliverance . |
| 14 | The total number of people waiting for NHS treatment in the UK rose to more than one million in March 1990. 25% of inpatients wait for longer than a year for treatment . |
| 15 | He had an enjoyable job of work waiting for him , and asked for no more than that . |
| 16 | In London , even if a case were delayed because a witness had not presented himself or the judge was ill , there was always plenty of work waiting for her in chambers . |
| 17 | and boys of Theatre-land waited for their |
| 18 | Over the porch was a wooden pointed hood with scalloped edges , to keep off the rain , presumably from the heads of visitors waiting for the door to be opened . |
| 19 | He had a dozen men on the other side of town waiting for him . |
| 20 | And if it turns out that the right mood has arrived at last , there are plenty of ideas waiting for attention . |
| 21 | He also points out that the expedition led by himself and Clark had assembled ‘ the best people , worldwide , and the top people ca n't afford to stand around for a couple of years waiting for research to happen ’ . |
| 22 | He also points out that the expedition led by himself and Clark had assembled ‘ the best people , worldwide , and the top people ca n't afford to stand around for a couple of years waiting for research to happen ’ . |
| 23 | We have been living on the edge for a number of weeks waiting for this decision to be made known . ’ |
| 24 | There 's a game of darts waiting for me . |
| 25 | He surveyed the handful of patients waiting for attention outside the various Junior Casualty Officers ' rooms . |
| 26 | The government boasted that the number of patients waiting for hospital treatment for over a year has fallen to a ‘ new record low ’ . |
| 27 | In Yeovil , in the constituency of the leader of the Liberal Democratic party , the number of patients waiting for more than 12 months has been reduced by 45 per cent. , and the total waiting list is down by 10 per cent . |
| 28 | Specific initiatives include a back pain clinic to start in the summer to clear the long list of patients waiting for treatment . |
| 29 | THE number of patients waiting for hospital treatment has been cut considerably according to health officials . |
| 30 | No chance of getting any laundry done unless we meet some tribe of washerwomen waiting for custom outside one of those zinc shacks like we saw in that village in Provence do you remember ? |