Example sentences of "[vb pp] wait for [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 | ( 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ You 've got to wait for Doctor to come along and give you permission . |
| 7 | Banks and bondholders are being asked to wait for repayment of nearly £1 billion of its £1.2 billion debt . |
| 8 | 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 . |