Example sentences of "only wait for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So the argument that Mr Major needs only to wait for the inevitable victory , after the inevitable economic recovery , should be taken with a fistful of salt . |
| 2 | China could only wait for a more favourable opportunity to recover her rights . |
| 3 | As Cati left , she continued , to Sabina , who was sprinkling flour into a basin and whirling it into a dough with her fist , ‘ But you can only wait for the storming to pass … . ’ |
| 4 | She 's worried any of them could be killed … and for now she can only wait for the missing cat to return |
| 5 | He was only waiting for a chance . |
| 6 | ‘ Only waiting for a taxi . ’ |
| 7 | He made friends easily though he occasionally collected the odd hanger-on who I felt sure was only waiting for a Sheikhly hand-out . |
| 8 | He 's [ the killer 's companion ] only waiting for a knock on the door , ’ Mr Brown said . |
| 9 | He 's [ the killer 's companion ] only waiting for a knock on the door , ’ Mr Brown added . |
| 10 | ‘ What 's life , ’ he said with a pessimism that fed Richard 's gloom , ‘ only waiting for the end . ’ |
| 11 | Agnes is only waiting for the guest to start speaking his reason for coming . |
| 12 | He also alleged that the KGB had recruited hundreds of British traitors who were only waiting for the signal from Moscow to begin destroying Britain 's communication system and military establishments around the country . |
| 13 | They dreamed together their first dream of life : of its glories and its fame , of the life that lay beyond the prison walls of this school and beyond this miserable town , which to despise was their delight , of the life that must open up soon before them , that was only waiting for the two of them in order to receive them and shower them with its infinite gifts ! |
| 14 | The British government was only waiting for the ECJ to rule ( and its decision was not unexpected ) before reforming the Shops Act . |
| 15 | Every girl in New York who is not a singer is only waiting for the right break to come along so she can get to be one . |
| 16 | ‘ She was only waiting for the kids to grow up and then she said she 'd leave me . |
| 17 | I came out of the forces , he was only waiting for the time that I came out , for him to retire . |