Example sentences of "and wait [prep] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | He would just have to play along for a while and wait for an opportunity . |
| 2 | PAMELA : [ alone ] After what has passed I must leave this house and go to the next town and wait for an opportunity to get home to my parents . |
| 3 | The consequences of a low initial limit was that a solicitor would either have to stop work at an early stage and wait for an extension to be authorised , which ‘ is time-consuming , causes delay and raises difficulties with clients , ’ or work on without an extension . |
| 4 | And so I , we have written to them and waiting for an answer . |
| 5 | The atmosphere of this immensely still , stranded landscape , empty and waiting like an Eden , was beginning to affect him , in spite of all his doubts . |
| 6 | What is impressive about this piece of route-giving is the way in which the speaker provides information in manageable chunks and waits for an acknowledgement after each bit . |
| 7 | I joined the local branch of the I.A.M. and waited for an observer . |
| 8 | ‘ Those who have been around for a while and waited on an international chance tend to appreciate it all the more when one arrives , ’ he said . |