Example sentences of "waited a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He waited a few moments until the footsteps were directly below him and peeked over the edge . |
| 2 | She waited a few moments then turned into East 48th Street , still pretending to look in the shop windows as she walked . |
| 3 | She waited a few moments longer , and then she said , ‘ Well ? ’ |
| 4 | She waited a few moments then rang the bell again , and this time the door opened with maddening slowness . |
| 5 | We rang and waited a few minutes , but no one came . |
| 6 | Harry Maylie waited a few days , then , as his mother had expected , he asked Rose to marry him . |
| 7 | His staff officers waited a few yards to the rear as the young man stared towards the enemy encampment . |
| 8 | Closing my eyes , thinking that it might be either the sun or the Pernod , I waited a few seconds and chanced another look . |
| 9 | She waited a few seconds for any sounds that might tell her that her mother was in there but out of her range of sight . |
| 10 | He waited a few seconds for Lorton to reply . |
| 11 | Her stilted smile reappeared , placing a dent at one corner of her mouth , but she waited a few seconds longer , making sure that the ghost had retreated again . |
| 12 | She waited a few seconds and shouted louder . |