Example sentences of "[adv] wait for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Would you rather wait for the other ladies ? ’ he ventured , obviously torn between his duty and the thought of her sitting alone in such rowdy company for several minutes . |
| 2 | So the argument that Mr Major needs only to wait for the inevitable victory , after the inevitable economic recovery , should be taken with a fistful of salt . |
| 3 | As Cati left , she continued , to Sabina , who was sprinkling flour into a basin and whirling it into a dough with her fist , ‘ But you can only wait for the storming to pass … . ’ |
| 4 | She 's worried any of them could be killed … and for now she can only wait for the missing cat to return |
| 5 | But as you 've got a long wait for the next production , let's move on to the town itself . |
| 6 | It was a bloody long wait for the copter , I can tell you . |
| 7 | ‘ What 's life , ’ he said with a pessimism that fed Richard 's gloom , ‘ only waiting for the end . ’ |
| 8 | Agnes is only waiting for the guest to start speaking his reason for coming . |
| 9 | He also alleged that the KGB had recruited hundreds of British traitors who were only waiting for the signal from Moscow to begin destroying Britain 's communication system and military establishments around the country . |
| 10 | They dreamed together their first dream of life : of its glories and its fame , of the life that lay beyond the prison walls of this school and beyond this miserable town , which to despise was their delight , of the life that must open up soon before them , that was only waiting for the two of them in order to receive them and shower them with its infinite gifts ! |
| 11 | The British government was only waiting for the ECJ to rule ( and its decision was not unexpected ) before reforming the Shops Act . |
| 12 | Every girl in New York who is not a singer is only waiting for the right break to come along so she can get to be one . |
| 13 | ‘ She was only waiting for the kids to grow up and then she said she 'd leave me . |
| 14 | I came out of the forces , he was only waiting for the time that I came out , for him to retire . |
| 15 | As a general rule , when the demand for a resource is such that it is allocated for two thirds of the available time , then programs spend twice as long waiting for the resource as using it . |
| 16 | The first episode had all my friends and colleagues eagerly waiting for the conclusion . |
| 17 | De Craon was sitting in a high-backed chair near the window , a small scroll of parchment on his lap , apparently waiting for the Prince to summon him to an audience . |
| 18 | Twenty or thirty thousand people were kneeling down facing westwards , patiently waiting for the final prayers of Ramadan . |
| 19 | Sheikh , who was batting , stood crouched over his bat , patiently waiting for the moment when Mafouz would decide to let go of the ball . |
| 20 | In 1898 a visitor noted that the poorest among early Japanese rail travellers were prepared to make long waits for the train : |
| 21 | He said that the Queen eagerly waited for the bishop to show some of his eccentricities but , ‘ fortunately or unfortunately ’ he had acted with the utmost decorum . |
| 22 | Now it 's finally ready to happen , with Arnold Schwarzenegger musing whether to donate his presence or not , while two teams of screenwriters work feverishly to November deadlines , and four top directors — including Paul ‘ Basic Instinct ’ Verhoeven , Peter ‘ Bill And Ted 's Bogus Journey ’ Hewitt and George ‘ Mad Max ’ Miller — politely wait for the Terminator 's nod . |
| 23 | If it was n't the Russians , it was the British who wanted to interfere ; so I said , I am going away to wait for the day when once again an Austrian can decide when an Austrian may conduct music in his own country . |
| 24 | When Terry was ready , and everyone had been in to have a look , exclaim , and , in the case of Terry 's mother , cry , she ushered them all downstairs to wait for the cars . |
| 25 | The speed is almost enough to lever a Windows user out of his comfortable environment and back into DOS ( but some of us will just wait for the Windows version ! ) . |
| 26 | Now ladies and gentlemen if you have any questions we 'll be happy to answer them for you Can you just wait for the microphone because the guys at the back ca n't hear the question |
| 27 | If you break down on a motorway , do not leave your car , just wait for the motorway patrols to find you . |
| 28 | ‘ Oh , I ca n't do the noises , ’ said Tommy , ‘ but just wait for the smell ! ’ |
| 29 | People take early retirement , move to a new school , get a job out of teaching , get seconded on to courses or research projects , or just wait for the holidays . |
| 30 | The result is that many glider pilots are becoming complacent about parking and on a really windy day it is not unusual to see gliders at risk , just waiting for the first really big gust of wind to blow them over . |