Example sentences of "waited for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Hugh Paddick recalls , he waited for every possible noise that Ken could produce — and it went on and on — and then there was silence . |
| 2 | If I waited for a hundred years , if I devoted my life to fasting and asceticism and scholarship as the Druids do , still it would make no difference . |
| 3 | As late as the 24th , when it was obvious the whole French front was collapsing , the German storm troops still waited for a renewed artillery preparation , and then moved circumspectly , as if half-expecting to walk into some kind of –rap . |
| 4 | One night as he waited for a young man to find him a cab , I saw my chance . |
| 5 | Zacchaeus gritted his teeth and waited for a great long telling off from Jesus . |
| 6 | While the prophetic people waited for a great military leader , and the Dark Power scoured the skies for signs of a cosmic invasion , God slipped into the world almost unheralded . |
| 7 | The woman was attacked in the early hours of Wednesday at an isolated station at Mexborough , South Yorks , as she waited for a late train home . |
| 8 | Resting gratefully on his pitchfork as they waited for a slow-moving loaded wagon to reach them from the far end of the field , Seb said , ‘ There 'll be another hundred acres to work by the spring . |
| 9 | They travelled up the goods line from Blackburn waited for a clear road at Hellifield Junction , got onto the long drag and worked up to the summit . |
| 10 | He waited for the right moment , walked calmly across the road , knelt down , put his neck across the railway line and waited for a loaded van to sever his head . |
| 11 | He waited for a few seconds , but the noise did not repeat itself . |
| 12 | Marlene waited for a few minutes before calling softly to Keith , |
| 13 | He waited for a few moments to compose himself , then left the court with his arm round his wife , Shirley , to face a large crowd of waiting reporters and cameras . |
| 14 | He waited for a full half an hour by his watch before he opened it . |
| 15 | I waited for a full hour before I caught a glimpse of the sight that I had come to see . |
| 16 | Isambard had halted and turned in the passage , frowning a little , in two minds whether to go back to him , but in the end he did not ; he merely waited for a little while , listening until the torrent of defiance had grown strangely shaken and softened with moments of entreaty . |
| 17 | But I am long on stamina and waited for a red-breasted merganser aimlessly doing nothing under the cliff on which lay the dozing duo . |
| 18 | A POLICEMAN was injured in his patrol car yesterday in an accident as he waited for a nuclear weapons convoy to pass through Glasgow , writes Alan Forbes . |
| 19 | He withheld the signal until the range was close enough to be deadly , and the stocky Welsh ponies were stretching their frenzied necks and rigid nostrils for the impact , and then flung up his arm , and waited for the tremendous thrumming in the air , that maddening , intoxicating sound like a thousand wild geese all taking flight at once . |
| 20 | He prepared the altar for Mass , opened the-door and waited for the small trickle of his congregation to enter . |
| 21 | ‘ What do you mean ? ’ she demanded angrily as they waited for the ancient lift to grind its way up from below . |
| 22 | He waited for the first time Phillis was out , and scored the record . |
| 23 | They waited for the first flight out of Iraq on which there were seats . |
| 24 | It was exciting — they were good advertisements , and we waited for the first children to come . |
| 25 | The healthy stayed away , or hovered sceptically at the back of the crowd , talking as they waited for the first miracle . |
| 26 | After a short discussion on the merits of the duck , he decided to join her ; and while they waited for the first course to arrive , he regaled her with a colourful account of that afternoon 's meeting in the history department to sort out the timetable . |
| 27 | Outside , he joined up with Mahmoud and waited for the two women . |
| 28 | He waited for the other woman to finish what she was saying , and then smiled shyly at Loretta . |
| 29 | ‘ Why two rooms ? ’ asked Billie as they waited for the slow-moving lift to ascend to the third floor . |
| 30 | Indeed I insisted , against his advice , on waiting , and waited for the best part of two hours , but then could wait no longer . |