Example sentences of "wait [prep] the next " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was heavily pregnant but she was questioned and made to wait for the next twelve hours without food or water . |
| 2 | I shall just have to wait for the next Guinness Book of Records for the answer . |
| 3 | Weather conditions precluded this , so he had to wait for the next scheduled plane from Wick to Kirkwall . |
| 4 | I watched the doors close and then ran upstairs to the empty ticket hall to wait for the next train . |
| 5 | Furious , she sat down to wait for the next vehicle . |
| 6 | But when the money runs out and they ca n't afford to pay for any more care patients have to wait for the next financial year . |
| 7 | However , the jokes are a bit stale for real belly laughs , so if you 've seen him before it 's probably better to wait for the next batch . |
| 8 | And now we are to wait for the next ethnic war to intervene to salve our pitifully insensitive consciences and our failure to shape and conduct an effective policy : a neat one , no complications , allowing intervention with few , possibly no , losses . |
| 9 | Putting the thoughts out of his head , he settled back to wait for the next people who could keep the Americans busy . |
| 10 | We 'd have to wait for the next one then . |
| 11 | So we had to wait for the next bus , which was six o'clock . |
| 12 | At the same time , scientists are building computer models of ocean circulation but full three-dimensional models must wait for the next generation of powerful computers . |
| 13 | I ca n't wait for the next get-together , and the thought of pulling on that old white shirt again excites me . |
| 14 | Like everyone else who has attended the Cathay Pacific Hongkong Bank Sevens , I ca n't wait for the next one . |
| 15 | But he could not sit patiently and wait for the next train , in an hour 's time . |
| 16 | I ca n't wait for the next revelations . |
| 17 | ‘ At the time I wanted to weep or murder somebody , but now — ’ he shrugged pragmatic shoulders ‘ — all I can do is wait for the next time . ’ |
| 18 | We ca n't wait until the next election . ’ |
| 19 | We were both disappointed but Nellie said we could wait until the next time . |
| 20 | The value of AOB is to allow urgent matters to be raised which can not wait until the next meeting . |
| 21 | Even if you know that the answer can wait until the next day it is far better to deal with it at once . |
| 22 | Those left out can wait till the next time , but a clever organizer will arrange the groupings so that , as different people come , there are few left out . |
| 23 | Maybe send them out rather than wait till the next meeting , aha |
| 24 | Still , ca n't wait till the next game . |
| 25 | I 'm always saying , right I 'm going to bed now and you say you know well we 'll wait till the next one then , we 'll wait you know and it 's it 's it is really . |
| 26 | Assuming that she is asymptomatic , she either depends on the male who infected her to inform her of the diagnosis or , if he does not , wait for the next person with whom she has intercourse to develop symptoms , discover the diagnosis , and then contact her with the bad news . |
| 27 | My philosophy is that if somebody beats you then he 's lucky ; that on the day , your best was n't good enough — but wait for the next time round . |
| 28 | What follows , while by no means comprehensive , is NME 's guide to the world blown wide open by the greatest war movies , a world we 'd like to see on TV as we wait for the next one . |
| 29 | Or chortle and wait for the next T-shirt ? |
| 30 | But as you 've got a long wait for the next production , let's move on to the town itself . |