Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] wait for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Prior to the Tektronix announcement , such users were confined to an IBM system using the PS/2 board or waiting for the Network Computing Devices Inc plug-in board option that is announced but not yet available . |
| 2 | He closed his eyes and waited for the pupils to widen . |
| 3 | Yanto closed his eyes and waited for the inevitable . |
| 4 | The road serves the village of Barashevo and sometimes the civilians have to stand behind the lines of the guards and wait for the columns of criminals to go by before they can proceed on their way . |
| 5 | The wise veterans nod their heads and wait for the first whistle . |
| 6 | I went to Argentina and sat in a cell and waited for the torturers to come in . |
| 7 | I found myself a nice bit of grass with a backrest against a tree trunk and waited for the show to begin . |
| 8 | He then ordered a car to call for him the next morning for a similar occasion and was felled by a stroke while waiting for the lift . |
| 9 | We sat on the sand and waited for the placings to come over the Tannoy . |
| 10 | The Company did not send expeditions of its own into this area for over a century ; like the East India and the Royal Africa Companies it established trading posts and waited for the local inhabitants to come and trade at them . |
| 11 | But it should do more these days about practical matters — like the tax system and keeping yourself together while you 're out of work and waiting for the next job , for that is fifty percent of what you 'll be doing . |
| 12 | They all walked around to the back of the coach and waited for the driver to open the boot for them . |
| 13 | Some even made me jump After this we got back on the coach and waited for the ferry . |
| 14 | Dawn found me stretched out on the bench below the War Memorial in Glencoe Village soaking up the first warm rays of sun and waiting for the shop to open . |
| 15 | There were no books in the room so all I could do was look out of the window and wait for the quarterly chimes from the Cathedral Clock . |
| 16 | He agreed that they could disembark at Peterborough and wait for the 2.30pm train . |
| 17 | He stood listening as they crossed the hall and waited for the sound of the lift gates closing . |
| 18 | The best way to explain Message Queue Interface is to compare it with a standard remote procedure call , where a client sends a request to another machine and waits for the response . |
| 19 | But she held her peace and waited for the miracle . |
| 20 | Now of course he sits at home and waits for the cheques ! |
| 21 | Barton Lynch , sitting out the qualifying rounds and waiting for the main event , recalled the 1988 Billabong , which for the first time had been held at Pipeline . |
| 22 | Indeed , it is said that he composed one aria while waiting for the rice to cook . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Mr Cubbage , now a broken , weeping figure lay down on the rail and waited for the train to end his life and his earthly troubles . |
| 25 | He listened to a baseball update and waited for the sponsor 's commercial before turning to her . |
| 26 | But she was still meditating for hours and waiting for the voice of the flat to inform her of its favoured colour scheme . |
| 27 | He advised the ladies to walk towards the town and wait for the men at the first hotel . |
| 28 | At the Lock , Marie sat in a hollow in the sand-hills by the canal and waited for the magic to start ; she waited for everything to be made all right . |
| 29 | As soon as you saw that you were about to be struck , you stood at attention and waited for the blows . |
| 30 | ‘ Sitting on an empty place and waiting for the price to rocket , more like . ’ |