Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] wait for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rest of the journey , not least an eight hour wait for a connection in Los Angeles , was not , I have to admit , so memorable or pleasing . |
| 2 | You can use this function to wait for a specified time for a key to be pressed . |
| 3 | ‘ Just like a wet lettuce waiting for a plate , ’ she muttered , colouring at the strange looks she received . |
| 4 | I could have been any little old lady waiting for a relative to arrive from Holland . |
| 5 | If the hon. Gentleman waits for a few days , he may be made aware of developments emanating from a source not far from me now which may interest him and which may deal with that point . |
| 6 | Another cause waiting for a champion . |
| 7 | Lady Beatrice watched fearfully whilst Rachel sat like an innocent child waiting for a play to begin . |
| 8 | The mill sits forlornly , at the foot of Millend Lane , like some slumbering giant waiting for a call , a call that will undoubtedly never come . |
| 9 | The advantages of being able to run baits out to any spot within range of your radio signal are obvious even to an objector and to sit on a reservoir bank as electro-man catches pike on free-lined herrings at 200 yards , whilst my weapon hangs limp in the still air waiting for a stiff breeze has been frustrating . |
| 10 | Forty years may be a long time to wait for a 19p basic rate of tax . |
| 11 | Seven days — a week — is a long time to wait for a telephone service nowadays . |
| 12 | Mrs Freda Bastianelli , the mother of four-month-old twin boys , who has a house on the shoreline , complained that another year was a long time to wait for a possible cure . |
| 13 | It opened with a lone commuter waiting for a train late at night . |
| 14 | Howard Baker ( that is his name ) is sitting in front of a green light waiting for a green light because he is thinking . |
| 15 | Even at windswept Thornaby where facilities can best be described as minimal , I checked the charter during my 15 minute wait for a connection . |
| 16 | ‘ You were n't by any chance waiting for a fare , were you , sir ? ’ |
| 17 | — and chuckling quietly in the semi-demented manner of someone who is sitting alone in damp clothes in an empty restaurant in a strange country waiting for a twenty-five-dollar pizza . |
| 18 | This is a rare sight ; badgers are normally only active at night , but because these cubs are so tame , there 's an eager audience waiting for a glimpse . |