Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] wait for " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the Dutchwoman and I waited for the musicians to gather themselves up she commented on the sea symbols of fish and anchor in the nave . |
| 2 | The man at Capital told me to hold on , and I waited for a very long time . |
| 3 | Marius and I waited for twenty minutes and then walked into Mike 's room , only to find him snoring loudly , unconscious . |
| 4 | ‘ He asked me what I could say of you , Callanish , and I waited for your signal knowing that when he was wiser and ready I could tell him . ’ |
| 5 | He closed the curtains and I waited for him to come out to his car . |
| 6 | for two days Signe and I waited for Harvey Newbegin to return . |
| 7 | He lingers over that and I wait for him to ask why I was visiting a Communist state . |
| 8 | ‘ Her father and I wait for the day she grows out of it , but — ’ |
| 9 | far back in my life so I can recall my first piece of actual writing , I have a scrapbook at home and I look at it regularly , it had my first pieces of work in it , I usually drew pictures and then wrote things , my first piece was on A four and I have drawn a table , my mum and myself , I was holding a , I wrote one sentence and it was surprisingly literate this is what I wrote , it is my party and I wait for my friends to come , I did many pieces of work |
| 10 | You 're grey and black like a big rat , but I love you because you 're English and you wait for me every day . ’ |
| 11 | And you wait for other people an that and and you do n't leave that 's all I wo n't do that again , . |
| 12 | The week 's work was done and she waited for another hard week to start in this ugly , holiday dress . |
| 13 | He lived his separate life and she waited for him to falter and slip back into alcohol . |
| 14 | Twice she was in the very act , loaded fork in her hand , when her breathing quickened , her mouth drew into a forbidding shiver of disgust , and she waited for the next signal to come round . |
| 15 | His lips twisted and she waited for the inevitable cynical response , but surprisingly it did n't come . |
| 16 | His mouth began to nuzzle her face , and she waited for him to declare himself . |
| 17 | Her heart began to beat a little quicker and she waited for him to go on . |
| 18 | I sat beside her and we waited for those who had not yet arrived . |
| 19 | It was exciting — they were good advertisements , and we waited for the first children to come . |
| 20 | Our breaking-in weeks were nearly over and we waited for news of posting to Initial Training Wing . |
| 21 | And we wait for one of the small army of art students employed to take our work away . |
| 22 | So we maintain the illusion of a low-manpower exercise , and we wait for him to show himself . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ You show me exactly where this place is and we wait for him to show . |
| 24 | What the ovules do is they stay in the grasses and they wait for the pollens to arrive . |
| 25 | A lift was coming and they waited for it . |
| 26 | IB4E paid the money and they waited for the train to take them to Ratvick . |
| 27 | Peggy moved her head in a gesture that brought her mother 's and Henry 's full attention on her , and they waited for some seconds before Peggy , moving up the hall towards the drawing-room , explained , ‘ It 's … it 's his particular part of the day ; he … he likes to see to her himself . ’ |
| 28 | And he waits for me . ’ |
| 29 | It seemed as if it were coming from a long distance and he waited for a moment , and the moment went into a full minute , and then slowly he opened the door . |
| 30 | Clare was in the bathroom , and he waited for her at the bottom of the stairs . |