Example sentences of "[adv] wait for the " in BNC.
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| 31 | He could be seen most mornings at the door of his shop in Wimbledon Village , arms crossed , mouth twisted in a superior sneer , just waiting for the chance to decode the small print on the front of buses . |
| 32 | Christie 's have got it and they 're just waiting for the right sale . |
| 33 | Just waiting for the flash line to ring , not even knowing whether the kidnappers would have heard the radio show at all , or how they would react if they had , made Sam nauseous from stress . |
| 34 | ‘ We understand he 's still in Moscow , and he 's just waiting for the work permit to come through before signing for us . ’ |
| 35 | All around the fringe of the urban area there are pockets of land in the ownership of private builders just waiting for the signal to turn from red to amber . |
| 36 | I walk quietly over the patio , onto the grass and towards the house , just waiting for the blaze of light from the security lamps . |
| 37 | Hindley and his son Hareton seemed like lost sheep to me , and I knew there was a wicked wolf just waiting for the chance to attack them . |
| 38 | Just waiting for the end . |
| 39 | The company is now just waiting for the world to beat a well-worn path to its door . |
| 40 | She 'd never known any details ; she did n't know if the accident happened early on , or whether she would have to sit for a long time just waiting for the inevitable . |
| 41 | Thousands upon thousands of stately 100 ft pines just waiting for the mis-hit golf ball . |
| 42 | Mm oh I 'm pleased about that , I 'm just waiting for the wedding bells , I said to Robert I said if they ca n't get any one to witness it , I said we 'll be there , , he said , well you I said what do you mean ? |
| 43 | I 'm just waiting for the coffee , you sort out what you 're doing . |
| 44 | Just waiting for the draught to come over . |
| 45 | Yeah I know it 's easier no you must feel really gutted , I mean I would I know , because as you said , you going out for ten months yeah exactly , yeah , exactly I mean come on you really liked him fancied him loved him oh wow , I said love , love love , I do n't know love hey man yeah yeah it 's probably , you know like when you dumped him for Danny it 's just probably like that yeah exactly exactly , so do n't worry oh come on he ca n't give up ten months for nothing I know it has to end someday , but it does n't I mean it 's like everyone thinks like that , it really annoys me , everybody , right who 's about our age yeah , they just go out with someone knowing that one day it 's gon na end , they 're just waiting for the day , and that you know , you should go out with someone with the intentions of being with them forever I know that sounds pathetic , but it 's true , yeah I know , yeah exactly yeah , yeah I know , why do you think I said it ? |
| 46 | ‘ I was desperately waiting for the magic word ‘ Cut ’ so I could attach myself to the wires before falling , ’ he says . |
| 47 | I chose my family , and just waited for the big boys to come up to the Birkdale area . |
| 48 | In opposition , they likewise shifted right ( Britain ) or , if they started nearer the centre ( Germany ) , just waited for the inevitable disillusionment with conservatism to set in . |
| 49 | So I just waited for the contact , and hoped that my voice would sound calm and easy as I told Famlio my lies . |
| 50 | When he had finished , and the Adams , too , had been loaded , the Collector settled down calmly to wait for the attack . |
| 51 | According to one report , people could hardly wait for the attack to start , and everybody wanted to be present at Britain 's impending defeat . |
| 52 | Nevertheless he always remained undaunted and could hardly wait for the winding up of his previous effort before starting to plan its successor . |
| 53 | Always wait for the referee to stop the bout and never drop your guard on the bell . |
| 54 | I was always waiting for the day when I would be beaten up , but it never came . |
| 55 | Realizing I could n't hang around on the dole forever waiting for the Tate Gallery to offer me an exhibition , and also that my boyfriend , also on the dole , was not likely to be able to support me , I decided to go for further training . |
| 56 | They came to a lurching pontoon , where she clung to him in excitement , her eyes enormous at the sight of four enormous man-sized earwigs calmly waiting for the ferryboat . |
| 57 | Carefully he tried again but Cameron took his arm and told him not to hurry unduly , the joists had only been pinned in place and they were still waiting for the long nails from Grandtully . |
| 58 | While contemporaries like Robin Williams and Steve Martin have collapsed gratefully , if not entirely gracefully , into the moneyed embrace of Hollywood , Emo Philips is still waiting for the call . |
| 59 | They were still waiting for the entertainment . |
| 60 | It is as though Wick is still waiting for the fishing to come back , drink no longer a fuel , but a solace . |