Example sentences of "he [verb] wait for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Would the Minister like to clarify that now , or would he prefer to wait for his PPS ? |
| 2 | Every time he has to wait for a question , he claims victory . |
| 3 | At a corner he stopped to wait for a break in the traffic . |
| 4 | Dowd had stayed out of the Retreat all the time he 'd waited for Godolphin ( a wearisome three days ) even though it would have given him some measure of protection against the bitter cold . |
| 5 | Carson had only just put the phone down after trying to get Alison 's number from Enquiries , but as he 'd waited for his call to be taken he 'd thought of her , perhaps contemptuous of his anxiety and annoyed by his persistence , and he 'd hung up without even making his request . |
| 6 | He 'd waited for Lucy but then , when she had n't come out alone , he 'd stayed well back in the shadows . |
| 7 | He came out of the Harvester but it would have been nice if he 'd waited for there to be a gap in the traffic . |
| 8 | He seemed to wait for his words to sink in , then added , slowly and with emphasis , ‘ Pizarro was a thug . |
| 9 | As he fidgets waiting for his soup , twinkling , twinkling like the little star we know and maybe love , I brightly tell him how thin he looks . |
| 10 | Then there was nothing again but the darkness ; the darkness that he knew waited for him at the foot of the mountain . |
| 11 | He kept waiting for me . |
| 12 | Weather conditions precluded this , so he had to wait for the next scheduled plane from Wick to Kirkwall . |
| 13 | He had to wait for fifteen minutes before he was admitted to the Agency 's annexe . |
| 14 | He had to wait for more congenial work until 1893 , when Mrs Rylands appointed him her librarian . |
| 15 | This was the day he had waited for so long — the day of the fair . |
| 16 | Like a little puppy dog , he had waited for a sign that he was forgiven . |
| 17 | ‘ Dean has told him he would do all his running and Dalian decided here was the guy he had waited for throughout his career , ’ said the Villa manager . |
| 18 | He had waited for over ten minutes and decided that he would give his friend another five minutes before making off home . |
| 19 | The day before , on Monday , he had waited for Fanny , as arranged , on the bridge just outside Casterbridge , for over an hour . |
| 20 | He had waited for her in the forests that fringed Tara , his mind filled with light and hope , his body more fiercely aware than ever it had been in his entire life . |
| 21 | He had waited for her . |
| 22 | As he sat waiting for Karlinsky to appear , looking around him he could see other men 's sons , boys of Jacob 's age , sitting with their fathers . |
| 23 | He had his back to her and he stood waiting for another outburst , but when neither answer nor movement came to him he turned his head slowly and looked at her over his shoulder . |
| 24 | As he stood waiting for the kettle to boil , he reflected that he had nothing so good and lavish as he had observed through the open door of Mrs Farmer 's kitchen . |