Example sentences of "[pers pn] waited for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | There now seemed no need even to ask for help ; my needs were known , so I waited for a cure . |
| 2 | The man at Capital told me to hold on , and I waited for a very long time . |
| 3 | If I waited for a hundred years , if I devoted my life to fasting and asceticism and scholarship as the Druids do , still it would make no difference . |
| 4 | I waited for a full hour before I caught a glimpse of the sight that I had come to see . |
| 5 | I waited for a while but he did n't show any sign of appearing so I went outside . |
| 6 | I waited for a day or so , expecting some sort of national protest . |
| 7 | A pregnant woman lost her baby after she fainted as she waited for a bus and fell into the path of a lorry driven by her uncle . |
| 8 | She waited for a rebuke . |
| 9 | She waited for a moment and then walked off to stand in a different part of the ship . |
| 10 | He was finally restrained by police after he grabbed Mrs Rodham as she waited for a bus . |
| 11 | Dawn astonished doctors by becoming pregnant as she waited for a hysterectomy after being told she would never have a child . |
| 12 | She waited for a reply . |
| 13 | She waited for a family to pass by , eating ice-creams , then she said , ‘ Cameron , I 've no intention of leaving William . ’ |
| 14 | She waited for a response , but Pascoe just nodded . |
| 15 | She waited for a pleasure-craft to go by , so there was no chance that its engines would drown her voice . |
| 16 | She waited for a while , then she undressed and climbed into bed , the coat thrown over the top to add extra warmth . |
| 17 | She waited for a second , hoping Marek would turn and catch her eye . |
| 18 | Perhaps , if she waited for a while , Christine might come to her again . |
| 19 | She waited for a moment longer , to worry the hijacker . |
| 20 | She waited for a moment , and then said , ‘ Kee , Mr Kee . |
| 21 | She waited for a minute and then added , apologetically , ‘ Gran was foul to her , you know that . ’ |
| 22 | She waited for a gap in the traffic and scurried across the road . |
| 23 | She waited for a moment . |
| 24 | The woman was attacked in the early hours of Wednesday at an isolated station at Mexborough , South Yorks , as she waited for a late train home . |
| 25 | It was the kind of place where you waited for a bus that never came . |
| 26 | We waited for a while as he shovelled coal and filled his boilers . |
| 27 | They spent their six-hour train journey drinking — and went into a pub for more while they waited for a connection . |
| 28 | She thanked them for their efforts but although they waited for a tip it was not forthcoming , so they went off grumbling . |
| 29 | Resting gratefully on his pitchfork as they waited for a slow-moving loaded wagon to reach them from the far end of the field , Seb said , ‘ There 'll be another hundred acres to work by the spring . |
| 30 | In Sydney , while they waited for a steamer to take them up the coast to Newcastle , the Goulds stayed with Dr George Bennett , secretary to the Australian Museum . |