Example sentences of "they wait [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why did n't they wait for the passengers to get off first , instead of squeezing themselves , their sacks of wheat and bicycles on at the same time that others were dragging their possessions off ? |
| 2 | Unlike most animals , mussels do not expend energy searching for food They wait for the tides and currents to bring it to them . |
| 3 | Not unless they wait for the tide , or row in . ’ |
| 4 | Well I 'm not , it 's not sometimes they have they wait for the local officer to come on duty . |
| 5 | What the ovules do is they stay in the grasses and they wait for the pollens to arrive . |
| 6 | Ask visitors to show you their identity cards , and , if they ca n't produce them , ring their place of work ( make sure that you yourself find the telephone number from Directory Enquiries ) while they wait outside the closed front door . |
| 7 | They wait in the sunshine , trembling slightly , shimmering like mirages in each other 's jetstreams , while incoming planes land , from Fairbanks , Bucharest , Huntsville , Glasgow , Karachi , and Albuquerque . |
| 8 | They wait in the mud , stuck to their spots , chains in their hands , looking like cowboys challenging us to draw . |
| 9 | They waited at the North Col for three awful days , watching the deserted ridge for any signs of life . |
| 10 | They waited at the door . |
| 11 | They waited at the top of the stairs while two DCs carried the lumpy white plastic bag down the staircase . |
| 12 | Belkhuban 's father died while they waited at the border to get here … her brother 's been left behind … she has nothing , but she shared bread and tea with us . |
| 13 | All sounds were muffled except the song of the birds and the pigeons were puffed up , looking as if they were wearing greatcoats , as they waited for the generous breakfast which they knew Jane would bring out to them . |
| 14 | There was talk of resignations as they waited for the opinion polls . |
| 15 | In the National Liberal Club last night , party activists were busy savouring the mathematic soup stirred up by television exit polls as they waited for the results to roll in . |
| 16 | They waited for the priest to pass along with the thin wafer of bread and while they did so their hands were like this , cupped and raised in a gesture that might be offering or receiving . |
| 17 | Two were already straining from the hands of their masters , neck ruffs erect as they waited for the moment of release on to the sawdust-strewn pit floor . |
| 18 | As they waited for the casket to be hoisted on to the boat , Nathan noticed a preacher on the other side of the quay . |
| 19 | They waited for the moment when I might put myself beyond their pale . |
| 20 | ‘ Well over one third of those questioned in our survey said that they waited for the sales to make major purchases . |
| 21 | The tour subsequently went ahead , but the Wallabies did n't let the grass grow under their feet as they waited for the ANC to make a decision . |
| 22 | They waited for the first flight out of Iraq on which there were seats . |
| 23 | The girlfriends and wives of the young officers were pretty , well-bred girls who leant over to each other and laughed a lot as they waited for the ceremony to start . |
| 24 | ‘ You really should be riding a horse , ’ Artemis 's stepmother said to her one morning as they waited for the hounds to move off . |
| 25 | In great pre-dusk ‘ rafts ’ they waited for the sun to set ; or flew back and forth , veering from side to side . |
| 26 | All that afternoon they waited for the water to come . |
| 27 | Once or twice as they waited for the ceremonial to begin he saw the eyes of the Annamese sovereign shift anxiously in their direction and he dabbed occasionally at his pale perspiring face with a silken handkerchief that he held concealed in one of his voluminous sleeves . |
| 28 | ‘ Why two rooms ? ’ asked Billie as they waited for the slow-moving lift to ascend to the third floor . |
| 29 | She was calm and did not rail in spite , that night , as they waited for the island 's noises to change to the night 's flutings and clicks and sighs . |
| 30 | They waited for the space of one Hail Mary , then ran out into the yard to call for Victorine . |