Example sentences of "wait on a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | well we must wait on a bit , we 'll have to now , if she had n't phoned it would of been , you know something nice to think about wo n't it ? |
| 2 | Yeah well if , it 's a stupid way of doing it when you 've got a boiler that 's heating up , you can just wait on a bit |
| 3 | But Vera did not wait on a Home Office ruling . |
| 4 | They wait on a plate for our solemn |
| 5 | Spurs wait on a fitness test on Nayim . |
| 6 | Because you 're not , although you 're using the power space , the power er er of the production line or equipment , they might not be , that might not be what you 're making , you 're just using that kit and you need the supplier of that kit to bring an engineer in and you need to get a part of it , but you want control of that rather than just waiting on a supplier to do it for you . |
| 7 | But its stillness was the motionlessness of a hunting spider , waiting on a wall . |
| 8 | He poured it from a Victorian coffee pot waiting on a hotplate and launched into a description of a case he 'd just won punctuated by blasts of laughter and big gestures . |
| 9 | All of its people were waiting on a glebe meadow outside their cramped little town . |
| 10 | And I mean think of say rolling back in traffic if you 're waiting on a hill . |
| 11 | ‘ And we 're the highest ground of all , so we can see if anyone is waiting on a roof for an ambush . ’ |
| 12 | David Brush , and we we 're still wa we 're waiting on a Lily , so I think we might be asking Naomi to do our Lily for u |
| 13 | He waits on a balcony where the stairs divide . |
| 14 | Scott quotes the case of a man who was persecuted by visions during a period of sickness and depression ; one of these visions was ‘ the apparition of a gentleman-usher , dressed as if to wait on a Lord Lieutenant of Ireland … arrayed in court dress , with bag and sword , tamboured waistcoat and chapeaubras ’ who ‘ glided beside me like the ghost of Beau Nash … |
| 15 | You must agree that you need talent and persona to wait on a table and wit , tact and conversation to serve at a bar . |
| 16 | Graham watched in horror as Iain slid down a rocky buttress , and then waited on a ledge for 12 hours until rescued by the RAF . |
| 17 | We were ready , even to the pitcher of orange juice , bucket of champagne and iced flask of vodka that waited on a table Ellen had carried up to the cockpit . |