Example sentences of "and wait [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | You could almost stand and wait for a horse to deliver . |
| 2 | Numbers on the train were greatly reduced at Georgemas where those going to Wick had to dismount and wait for a connecting Sprinter . |
| 3 | You have to be sure the bird is very hungry , and if it 's not you have to sit down and wait for a long , long time . |
| 4 | His constitution was now in place , his political position at home was very strong , but he was almost seventy years of age and could hardly afford to sit back and wait for a long-term transformation to solve Algeria 's problems . |
| 5 | They had been allowed in , they had gone past the uniformed security , and then had had to sit and wait in a grey-painted lobby , watched by the plainclothes minders , before the man had come down for them . |
| 6 | In the most dreadful weather he would stand and wait in a wet grove of ash and hazel for a shot at a woodcock . |