Example sentences of "waited for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Ranulf sighed , pocketed the leather strap , waited for the porter to re-bury the bones and half-carried him back to the priory , listening to the fellow 's litany of self-congratulation . |
| 32 | Elinor waited for the apology she felt was due from Clare . |
| 33 | It might not be in strain-on-your-meat-pies Trideocolor or go on all night like America 's bloody buggering 119 channels , but at least some nice bint like his old French teacher came on at ten-thirty and said good night as you drank your bloody buggering Ovaltine and waited for the shipping forecast . |
| 34 | He lay on the narrow bed and waited for the basement gate to bang in the windswept night , until he remembered it was no longer there . |
| 35 | They were a courageous couple and did their best to lighten the strained atmosphere as they all waited for the heart stimulant to work . |
| 36 | A very cold lump formed at the back of my spine while I waited for the rest of it . |
| 37 | Rain forgot her headache and waited for the rest . |
| 38 | She stood poised for a moment , stretched her mouth wide , licked her lips , moved her shoulders from side to side , then let her body sway , waited for the chorus to finish and the verse to start and she went on . |
| 39 | Cowley waited for the fury to abate , staring impassively at the little man . |
| 40 | Cameron waited for the minister to finish his ritual of nodding and handshaking with the congregation . |
| 41 | Gripping a hand rail , she waited for the door of the air lock to open . |
| 42 | He shifted from one foot to the other as he waited for the door to be answered . |
| 43 | Blanche waited for the door to click before she asked the next question . |
| 44 | Nothing seemed to penetrate Violet 's consciousness as she waited for the fight to start . |
| 45 | As a practical measure , keep a full record of all jobs that you apply for and the responses that you receive to show that you have not simply sat back and waited for the money to roll in . |
| 46 | She noticed the tightness of the thin lips , instinct warning her that trouble was at hand , so she leaned back in her chair and waited for the storm to break . |
| 47 | After replacing the 'phone I waited for the tingling to stop then looked at my watch . |
| 48 | They stood on the step and waited for the taxi with black bands on their arms and suitcases in their hands , forlorn passengers from a wrecked ship , clutching a few haphazardly salvaged possessions and staring in dismay at the choppy sea to which they must commit themselves . |
| 49 | Gilbert waited for the lightning strike that would finally find them , and began to babble a hopeless prayer . |
| 50 | They all walked around to the back of the coach and waited for the driver to open the boot for them . |
| 51 | When the pro-oralist John Howard succeeded Charles Baker at Doncaster upon the latter 's death , Kirk felt he needed to move and waited for the opportunity to do so . |
| 52 | The dozen or so rounds included music , sport , history , geography , art and literature but Crawley waited for the film , TV and theatre questions before playing their joker . |
| 53 | She taunted him , waited for the press of questions . |
| 54 | For an anxious moment Ace waited for the suit 's air system to cut in . |
| 55 | Quiss waited for the scullion to draw breath , and looked round the kitchens again as it did so . |
| 56 | We stared at the water which was pretty choppy and waited for the Indian to surface but he never did . |
| 57 | Luke nodded and Robyn waited for him to release her , waited for the agony and the ecstasy of his touch to end . |
| 58 | Once , at Milan airport , we were herded to the gate and corralled in an area almost big enough for half of us , then shifted to a bus with six seats and standing room for forty , in which the one hundred and twenty of us stood and waited for the idiot who always arrives twenty minutes late despite having been called ten times and being the subject of an Interpol missing persons search . |
| 59 | We lined up , dispatching practice balls into the shimmering blue yonder with ill-disguised pride and waited for the Master to work his way along , one of us on video duty all the while . |
| 60 | Our business is personal with him and if you get between us — ’ The factor waited for the threat but a tall cloaked figure standing beside Menzies had pulled his arm to forestall him . |