Example sentences of "in wait for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dulé was to slip into the sea , then , binding the container of burning pitch to his head with a deep cushioning of reeds in between to prevent him getting burned , he would swim to the ship , gouge a hole in the hull with his knife and , taking dry tinder from a companion swimming alongside him , light spills from the fire and pass them through the walls of the ship , then slip back under the cover of the mangroves and lie in wait for the panic . |
| 2 | Then the Brownies realised what terrible danger would lie in wait for the pilot of the plane if he should try to make an emergency landing on the wide , green , treeless tract of the swamp , which looked like solid ground but was n't . |
| 3 | The manor of Witton was leased to Jervaulx and one August night , so the story goes , the villagers lay in wait for the thief . |
| 4 | It was only when nine bottles disappeared in one morning that he decided to lie in wait for the thief . |
| 5 | He had then lain in wait for the man 's wife and daughter and knifed them to death as they returned from a shopping trip . |
| 6 | Lying in wait for the industry are further pressures from environmental issues such as the level of nitrates in water and continuing EEC attempts to tackle the problem of its Common Agricultural Policy . |