Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun sg] wait for " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , I did not say anything about the punishment waiting for me in Lilliput . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's a bomb , ’ I thought , as I braced myself against the walls of the trench waiting for the inevitable explosion . |
| 3 | The Sheikh had crossed them by camel as a boy ; then as a young man with a wife and small children , including the boy at my side , he had camped overnight on one side of the range waiting for the engines of his jeeps to cool before grinding inch by inch , around and over . |
| 4 | If Gerald Thomas went to his flat to pick him up , he would be looking out of the window waiting for his car to arrive . |
| 5 | ( b ) with intent to make permanent default in whole or in part on any existing liability to make a payment , or with intent to let another do so , dishonestly induces the creditor or any person claiming payment on behalf of the creditor to wait for payment ( whether or not the due date for payment is deferred ) or to forgo payment : or |
| 6 | Alice could see that it was not going to be easy for any of them to admit obligation to Jasper , even though he was being correctly impersonal , sitting somewhat to one side of the scene waiting for their approval , the image of a responsible cadre . |
| 7 | Outside the chamber , Corbett found the captain of the guard waiting for him , a little more relaxed now he realised that Corbett was acceptable to the Queen-Dowager . |
| 8 | He was perched precariously on the very edge of the precipice waiting for puffins to fly past , and when one came within reach he swung his long-handled fleygastong ( which is like a landing-net on the end of a four-metre pole ) to intercept the bird . |
| 9 | Dawn 's parents learned of the accident some three hours later , went immediately to the hospital , and spent much of the rest of the night waiting for information . |
| 10 | In view of the nature of the job waiting for him , the buying of James came as a surprise to observers . |
| 11 | With less reliable means of reaching the station , with perhaps less requirement for haste , and less opportunity to understand the timetables or gauge time by any other means than the sun , these passengers used all the patience of the peasant to wait for their appropriate train . |
| 12 | Whatever the weather they spent most of the time waiting for fares , either at one or other of the Railway Stations or the cab ranks in Fisherton Street or Blue Boar Row . |
| 13 | Spry , who has spent the duration of the interview waiting for his chicken and pineapple pizza to arrive , flicks through a copy of Vogue Collection . |
| 14 | Relatives of those aboard the ferry were on their way yesterday to the site of the disaster to wait for news . |
| 15 | She closed her eyes and leant against the wall waiting for the wave of dizziness to subside . |
| 16 | The next morning I got up at 7.30 am and had breakfast , got changed and got into the car to wait for Rachel , Betty , Paul and David . |
| 17 | But when I come to go back she see me go the Land Rover she 's up the top waiting for me ! |
| 18 | I stirred myself and went upstairs , and crawled under the duvet to wait for him . |
| 19 | And Miss Haines , as Clara suddenly realized , with a curious tremor of conviction , had actually been hanging around in the corridor waiting for her to emerge . |
| 20 | Another thing : not enough men would be in the middle waiting for crosses when they came and like I said before the crosses were mostly aiming for heads — or for Deano 's head . |
| 21 | The thunder was continuous and the heavens opened up so , nowhere to go , we were huddled in the tent waiting for the river to rise . |
| 22 | I stood in the kitchen waiting for the water to heat up with a distinct feeling of eco-smugness . |
| 23 | Computerisation allows doctors to expand their largely reactive role of sitting in the surgery waiting for ill patients to come to them . |
| 24 | She ordered sandwiches and coffee and settled down in the lounge to wait for him . |
| 25 | The horse was rather surprised , and stood in the road waiting for her to pick herself up . |
| 26 | He says it 's long and slimy and hides in the water waiting for anyone who might fall in . ’ |
| 27 | The Armenian Economy Ministry , according to a June 12 report from the news agency Postfactum , believed that there were 42 active " financial groups " in the republic waiting for privatization to begin . |
| 28 | Her car was still in the garage waiting for a visit from the insurance assessor before work could start on it , but she did n't need it to get into town . |
| 29 | ‘ I went to sit in the library to wait for Mummy and I started to cry . ’ |
| 30 | While she changed , she could hear the others laughing and singing and when she emerged from the changing-room she found them all in the foyer waiting for her to emerge . |