Example sentences of "[adj] wait for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( The main reasons for taking this approach is that for dynamic handwriting recognition it is necessary to select the correct information shortly after the word was written — it may not be possible to wait for the user to finish a sentence or clause . ) |
| 2 | Perhaps I am prepared to wait for a miracle . |
| 3 | He had no idea how long he would have to wait to marry her , but he was prepared to wait for the rest of his life . |
| 4 | ‘ No , I am not prepared to wait for the trial . |
| 5 | However , Ferguson , despite some disappointment at Hughes ' goal ratio — he struck only 14 times in 52 appearances last season — is prepared to wait for the Welshman 's response . |
| 6 | Boswell raised the topic of emigration : Johnson distinguished between its value to ‘ a man of mere animal life ’ and ‘ a man of any intellectual enjoyment ’ : the former content to wait for the earth to produce , the latter unlikely to wish barbarism upon himself and his descendants . |
| 7 | And , at the end of this act we are shown how his ambition has led to another theme , that of appearance and reality , where Macbeth is told by his wife to conceal his thoughts and appear to his guests to be the perfect host whereas he is really supposed to wait for the time to kill the king . |
| 8 | For this reason , instead of joining in the stampede for the latest and newest , I suggest it would be more prudent to wait for a year or two to see if the strawberry blonde holds her place as a glamour queen , or in reality is a blowzy old dame hobbling into the has-beens in the back row of the chorus , where she will find plenty to keep her company . |
| 9 | The visitors did n't have long to wait for the opening goal . |
| 10 | Had there been any butterflies around they 'd have been stacked above his head three layers high , all waiting for a chance to land … |
| 11 | SIX MONTHS ago , we were all waiting for The Stone Roses to crossover into the US charts — that was the talk . |
| 12 | SIX MONTHS ago , we were all waiting for The Stone Roses to crossover into the US charts — that was the talk . |
| 13 | All waiting for the dust to settle . ’ |
| 14 | They were a courageous couple and did their best to lighten the strained atmosphere as they all waited for the heart stimulant to work . |
| 15 | As the government exceeded its monetary targets and unemployment soared , so critics in 1980 and 1981 waited for a U-turn , or a change in economic strategy . |
| 16 | Meanwhile , those waiting for the chance to go soon passed the age of seventeen , the upper limit for Youth Allyah emigration visas . |
| 17 | This applies also to those waiting for the death of someone close . |
| 18 | Affirmatives received , I repeated : ‘ Only throw out the dinghy when I say so ; first wait for the jerk , then let go ! |
| 19 | A second later a tall , broad-shouldered figure threw open the rear door — clearly too impatient to wait for the chauffeur to bring the vehicle to a halt . |
| 20 | Dressed in a flared skirt of fine wool which she topped with a shirt and a sweater , Fabia , with a jacket over her arm and too impatient to wait for the lift , hurried down the stairs to meet him . |
| 21 | It may be necessary to wait for a place or take a place somewhere else ( either permanently or temporarily ) . |
| 22 | This was sooner than had been expected , President José Eduardo dos Santos declaring that it was not necessary to wait for the end of the war to initiate the reforms . |
| 23 | The hotel 's owners have made it clear they are not obliged to wait for the outcome of today 's inspection . |