Example sentences of "could not wait [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Otto 's invitation , Jean-Claude said , could not wait on M. Chaillot 's decision . |
| 2 | Pat was bewildered , unable to understand why Eileen could not wait to be married from home , but by the next post Maureen and Anne received ecstatic letters from her and tried to reconcile their father to the idea of the wedding . |
| 3 | You could not wait for him to pass by . |
| 4 | She could hardly believe it , and she could not wait for her next consultation to see what was going to happen next . |
| 5 | Mr Cubbage was like a cat on hot bricks , he was most distraught at Coleen 's decision to go to England , and he bombarded her with letters and flowers ; he could not wait for her return and for her to say the one word that would make her his wife . |
| 6 | ‘ He was really looking forward to being a father and could not wait for the birth . |
| 7 | Unfortunately the tight filming schedule could not wait for just two weeks or so until a suitable engine ( ie a 4F 0-6-0 ) arrived at Bury . |
| 8 | ‘ And it could not wait until morning ? ’ |
| 9 | I could n't wait for the pictures to come out , I was so excited to see them . |
| 10 | He could n't wait for her return to the Hit Factory . |
| 11 | great , I could n't wait For the life of Mrs |
| 12 | fit state — But I could n't wait For |
| 13 | could n't wait For the life of Mrs |
| 14 | could n't wait For the life of Mrs Riley . |
| 15 | He looked and sounded now so unlike Old Red , the reputed scourge of Benedict 's , that I could n't wait for my holiday to end to let me get back and tell the girls . |
| 16 | ‘ I could n't wait for you , boy . |
| 17 | As Goffmann points out , the end of conversational encounters carry an increased risk of creating offence — in the sense that careless or perfunctory termination may convey the misleading impression that one could n't wait for the session to end and that as far as one was concerned the whole episode was a waste of time . |
| 18 | Some IMC trooper obviously could n't wait for lunch . |
| 19 | I could n't wait for tomorrow . |
| 20 | I used to think she did this because she loved my father so much she could n't wait for him to come home . |
| 21 | We could n't wait for him . |
| 22 | I could n't wait for the air raids . |
| 23 | I could n't wait for the bell to ring at four in the afternoon when class would end and I could bang my lid for the last time before running all the way down the Whitechapel Road to help out on the barrow . |
| 24 | She could n't wait to be back under the lights again with all eyes on her . |
| 25 | I could n't wait to be fourteen and be free of the place . |
| 26 | I could n't wait to be issued with a uniform as I stood out in my civilian clothes , which were much nicer than anybody else 's . |
| 27 | ‘ Last time she could n't wait to be rid of us . |
| 28 | Meet the babies who could n't wait to be born |
| 29 | She would n't rush back — that might imply she could n't wait to be with him again — but on the other hand she did n't want to leave it too long ; there were plenty of women , Melissa included , she had noticed , who had had their limpet-like eyes firmly glued to his face . |
| 30 | He maddened me , yet I could n't wait to be with him . ’ |