Example sentences of "wait [prep] the [adj] moment " in BNC.
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| 1 | His only choice at present was to wait for the right moment to play his hand . |
| 2 | ‘ I had to wait for the right moment to tell Nicola . |
| 3 | To wait for the appropriate moment . |
| 4 | He would wait for the right moment . |
| 5 | The nub of this criticism is that such views give rise to a kind of political paralysis : everything must wait until the revolutionary moment in which the production relations are transformed ; until then labour must play a purely oppositional role , a role which Precludes struggle of a ‘ prefigurative ’ kind . |
| 6 | ‘ I make big scenes for fun , because I adore drama , but I can also wait ten years , wait for the right moment to come . |
| 7 | Or — and this thought only occurred to me when I was out on the street and running for the hill as fast as I could — as if there was something else behind his eyes , looking out at the world , waiting for the awful moment when it would start to take apart our little corner of the planet , piece by shabby piece . |
| 8 | The banks have been hostile to the plans from the beginning but had been waiting for the right moment to withdraw on commercial rather than political grounds . |
| 9 | John Delaney knew now that all along it had been hunting them , that it was still hunting them , waiting for the right moment to pick them off at will , one at a time . |
| 10 | Although the City has recommended for the past year that Quality go public , the company has been waiting for the right moment . |
| 11 | Choosing the best time to buy is not always possible , and sometimes the inconvenience of waiting for the right moment can cause more trouble than any financial saving may by worth . |
| 12 | Huy had delayed telling Merymose about Surere , waiting for the right moment to come . |
| 13 | I 'm waiting for the right moment . ’ |
| 14 | I was waiting for the right moment to find out just how deeply your were involved with Elise . |
| 15 | Many hours were taken up in the dark recesses of the developing room at Oxford 's photography workshop ; even more spent waiting for the precise moment to open the shutter . |
| 16 | Elizabeth played one of her characteristically tantalizing games , and kept him waiting until the very moment of her death . |
| 17 | So it was a question of waiting till the right moment . |
| 18 | With this in position he waits for the right moment to switch through the distance shot film of the city , coupled with the live action inlay of the characters . |
| 19 | Even the domestic cat , when it first sees a mouse , does not immediately rush to capture its prey ; instead , it waits until the appropriate moment so as to achieve the highest chance of success . |
| 20 | Mungo admired Emily 's patience as she waited for the right moment to mention his proposition . |
| 21 | After Theo had gone , Vincent waited for the right moment to break his own news to Sien . |
| 22 | He waited for the right moment , walked calmly across the road , knelt down , put his neck across the railway line and waited for a loaded van to sever his head . |
| 23 | Carefully she waited until the right moment . |