Example sentences of "he [modal v] wait for " in BNC.

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1 For example , he should wait for the buyer to indicate that he can sit down or , at least , ask the buyer if he may sit down .
2 Older men are usually polygynous ; thus a youth rarely has available for marriage an age-mate female , and he must wait for a younger generation of females to mature before cohabitation with them .
3 As always he must wait for the dust to settle after the Scottish Rally and the Donegal International , too , before being certain which drivers and what cars will be in his starting line-up .
4 But he must wait for a fitness check on club record signing Don Goodman before finalising his line-up .
5 He 'll wait for ever to get you now .
6 But he 'll wait for me . ’
7 Not once had he spoken of his love for her , or said that he could wait for her too .
8 ‘ Aye , he used to look out for his dad 's cart on a Saturday at about 4.45 and he 'd wait for it to come across the line there .
9 And I would say He 'd wait for me to say , Blue to match my eyes .
10 I mean we were to come over Bridge here and there was a police station on Bridge at the time , police , you know opposite the T B I , and the sergeant used to stand there and he used to wait for us coming home .
11 He would wait for the right moment .
12 He would wait for Marcus to speak first .
13 ‘ Yet if she insisted he would wait , he would wait for her , if he must .
14 As a rule he would wait for others — judges , opponents , even his wife — to decide matters of importance .
15 She did n't think he would use the ticket , any more than he would wait for her after the performance .
16 He would wait for her .
17 When he left his room , he knocked on the women 's door ; he would wait for them in the small restaurant at the front of the hotel .
18 Mr McQueen left , heading south in time to preach next morning at Bracadale , and saying he would wait for them at Ullinish .
19 Besides , he had keys if he arrived while she was out , so he would wait for her , especially having come all the way from Hong Kong , she comforted herself , with a vague feeling that she was somehow cheating .
20 He would wait for an hour or so , reading a newspaper or catching up on paperwork , then he would go to the McCausland counter and hire a car .
21 But he reneged on that promise and said he would wait for a message from God .
22 RUSSIA 'S athletics chief , Valentin Balakhnichov , has announced he will wait for dope test results , expected later this week , before passing judgement on four athletes expelled from Sweden on Monday .
23 There was a murmur of conversation , then the receptionist said , ‘ He will wait for you in the bar .
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