Example sentences of "[pron] to wait " in BNC.
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| 1 | You presumptuous monkey , she told him , there 's nothing to wait for , I 'm not going to marry you . |
| 2 | ‘ I ca n't see any need for everyone to wait around , ’ said Jack hastily . |
| 3 | ‘ Pertwee told me to wait for Charlie Hatton , ’ Cullam said . |
| 4 | Before I could comment , a nurse came to fetch her to see Harry , and she went anxiously , calling over her shoulder for me to wait for her ; and when she returned half an hour later she looked dazed . |
| 5 | Eyebrows knitted in support of her determination , she said : ‘ He told me to wait here . |
| 6 | me to wait on death-row , |
| 7 | An old woman opened the door — she seemed to be expecting him — and as he went in he turned and instructed me to wait . |
| 8 | Sister told me to wait outside her open duty-room door and watch all that was going on . |
| 9 | The Gendarme nodded and told me to wait outside . |
| 10 | The professor 's secretary , who is wearing fluffy aquamarine slippers , asks me to wait at the end of a blank corridor . |
| 11 | I told the guard at the reception desk in the dark , grim entrance why I had come and he told me to wait . |
| 12 | Then he told me to wait for him after I had visited my father , and said that he would try to think of a way to help me without arousing any suspicion . |
| 13 | He told me to wait , but soon I was ushered into an office with an enormous map of Parma province on the wall , and a senior officer in uniform sitting at the desk . |
| 14 | Marie yelled after me to wait but I did n't want to talk to her about it so I chucked my sandwich-box over to her and told her she could eat them for me . |
| 15 | The Dana andrew had told me to wait here for the girl Trefusis had sent indream after me . |
| 16 | Well , I phoned them up , and I 'd been badgering them , and they told me to wait for a further communication . |
| 17 | ‘ Well , that 's an artful way to get me to wait on you , ’ interrupted Sally-Anne frankly , ‘ and I suppose , since you are so cunning , and I am dying for a drink , you might have your way — perhaps a bonus on my wages might be an idea , seeing that I shall be doing this out of hours . ’ |
| 18 | Maggie tells me to wait in the car . |
| 19 | When I asked to speak for a moment with Miss Lavenza , a manservant showed me into a living-room and asked me to wait . |
| 20 | ‘ Do you want me to wait , by the way ? ’ |
| 21 | Shall I wait and then put in er would it be better for me to wait and then put in a big lump sum ? |
| 22 | Told me to wait for the horse to lift its tail . ’ |
| 23 | Yes , or do you want me to wait for Patrick ? |
| 24 | She called to Hermione and Joanna and all the girls who had gone already along the paths she had rejected , called to them to wait for her and place their steady walking boots on solid earth to catch her . |
| 25 | As they carried Robbie into the yard she glanced towards the staircase door and wondered if she should ask them to wait a moment until she went and got a coat and hat . |
| 26 | If there are patients waiting to see the ENP , how long is it reasonable for them to wait while she is treating someone else ? |
| 27 | Would it not have been better for them to wait until the children came home for Christmas ? |
| 28 | When the kids are really young , it 's no use expecting them to wait for Christmas Day — and two four-month-old Siberian tiger cubs at Howletts animal park , Canterbury , are no exception . |
| 29 | ‘ Just tell them to wait . |
| 30 | Two women had come in and she asked them to wait , giving them magazines to look at . |