Example sentences of "wait [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She can damn well wait for a minute , ’ McLeish decided . |
| 2 | I 'll wait for a bit , you know . |
| 3 | ‘ Let's just wait for a while , eh ? |
| 4 | He felt tempted to continue through the village to visit the young Prince at Woodstock Palace but , considering what he had just learnt , thought he had better wait for a while . |
| 5 | ‘ Father Reynard 's death , ’ he concluded , ‘ however distressing , must wait for a while . |
| 6 | I could hardly wait for a return match . |
| 7 | But he reneged on that promise and said he would wait for a message from God . |
| 8 | Should he wait for a year , by which time the quarrel between Hindus and Muslims over the disputed Ayodhya mosque will have cooled down ? |
| 9 | An investor can wait for a transaction to match their order by placing it within the limit order system . |
| 10 | , could you just er wait for a second ? |
| 11 | The latter need not wait for a change of heart on the part of the Prime Minister , or the election of a new government , before translating guilt about the condition of those less fortunate than themselves into action . |
| 12 | The Colorado-based Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund , which finances the centre , says it will wait for a ceasefire before attempting to resume research at Karisoke . |
| 13 | Do n't wait for a muse to come take your hand . |
| 14 | ‘ No , but I 'll wait for a word with Leon . ’ |
| 15 | Also , voting for this season 's 1st team seems interesting , but should we wait for a couple of weeks before all signings are done . |
| 16 | Friends believe he may take the post rather than wait for a by-election to resume his career . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'll wait for a month or so : here , some other place , I do n't know . |
| 18 | But he must wait for a fitness check on club record signing Don Goodman before finalising his line-up . |
| 19 | She did n't wait for a reply , but spelled out the answer herself . |
| 20 | But he did not wait for a reply before throwing himself to one side as a sabre whistled down and buried itself deep in the brickwork of the window sill where he had been sitting . |
| 21 | She did n't wait for a reply . |
| 22 | Sensibly he did not wait for a reply , since the possibilities were clearly endless . |
| 23 | She did not wait for a reply . |
| 24 | He did n't wait for a reply . |
| 25 | He did n't wait for a reply . |
| 26 | And she did n't wait for a reply . |
| 27 | and all she can think of to say is ( and here he mimicked a heavy filmstar accent which actually was nothing like the actress in the film at all , because the woman in the film is an ordinary , decent , hardworking woman ) , ‘ Oh dahlink , I 'ave missed you so much , ’ and then the first thing she does after waiting for him to come home for seven fucking years is to leave the fucking gas on while she 's making his coffee , and then of course she 's so tense that she just ca n't wait for a fag , she lights up , there you go ; bang . |
| 28 | " We 'll wait for a barge , " Mahmud said . |
| 29 | How much better it is to remove trees carefully rather than wait for a gale to do it in an uncoordinated way . |
| 30 | Well we 'll go on the corporation , wait for a corporation you would n't wait for a corporation , I said wait , wait for the big bus . |