Example sentences of "[vb pp] wait [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1	I 'm sat waiting for mine , ordered yesterday .
2	BRITONS are becoming a nation of tactical shoppers , prepared to wait for sale bargains , say analysts Verdict Research .
3	Daalny had acted , after all ; she must have taken the second key during Vespers , from the nail where at noon she had watched the porter hang the first one , but she had had to wait for near-darkness before using it .
4	We have had to wait in patience all these years . ’
5	( 3 ) For purposes of subsection ( 1 ) ( b ) a person induced to take in payment a cheque or other security for money by way of conditional satisfaction of a pre-existing liability is to be treated not as being paid but as being induced to wait for payment .
6	The reason is that s.2(3) provides that , for the purposes of s.2(1) ( b ) in this situation only , the creditor is deemed to have been induced to wait for payment .
7	‘ You 've got to wait for Doctor to come along and give you permission .
8	can you see that please , can you make total of eight there , we 've got wait to orange like thing goes round to the eight
9	She was summoned to wait upon Dona Marguerita at noon the following day .
10	Banks and bondholders are being asked to wait for repayment of nearly £1 billion of its £1.2 billion debt .
11	‘ Principally , ’ I continued , ‘ it has been felt that Father should no longer be asked to wait at table , whether or not guests are present . ’
12	Members of the local black community were enraged by reports that the driver of the vehicle , Yoseph Lisef , 22 , who had sustained only minor injuries , was quickly taken away from the scene of the accident by a private Jewish ambulance service , whilst the more seriously injured children were left to wait for attention from a city ambulance crew .
13	The response of the system should be such that the users are not required to wait during text manipulation .

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