Example sentences of "we [was/were] wait for " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were to wait for the oyster-fishing season in the Bay of Cancale without giving the boats notice and stop them as they sailed past Barfleur Head … |
| 2 | We were waiting for Alfred to drop he gun , I do n't know how we knew he had one but we knew , and slowly he took it out of his waist and dropped it . |
| 3 | While we were waiting for the chillim to be filled and passed around , Kalchu pointed out a conical heap of stones at the base of a great cedar tree near the edge of the glade . |
| 4 | ‘ People asked me and Derrick what we were doing over the past two years and the answer that I want to give is that we were waiting for everybody to catch up . |
| 5 | You have seen that we were waiting for you . |
| 6 | We were waiting for them to turn up at Hamish and Tone 's but they never showed . |
| 7 | We were waiting for our dinner . |
| 8 | And it was quite quiet for a little bit because most of them had established themselves and we were waiting for a breakout and er we did n't get on the move again until the they went through the after it had been . |
| 9 | All he could say was that we were waiting for something to happen . ’ |
| 10 | While we were waiting for our ferry to come we went and visited the Mary Rose war ship . |
| 11 | When at 10.45am we had resigned ourselves to a day of swimming and sunbathing a farmer pulled up and asked , in German , if we were waiting for him . |
| 12 | ‘ We were waiting for you downstairs , ’ he said . |
| 13 | Here we had a man who we knew had serious problems that constituted a danger to himself and others , and we sat back , simply because we were waiting for him to admit he had a problem . ’ |
| 14 | So I bought her some fruit pastilles again just while we were waiting for the train , but funnily enough , the last few times we 've been at the station , Bobby |