Example sentences of "[prep] waiting for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , after waiting for a specified length of time , the hair can be shampooed in the usual way . |
| 2 | Such an approach enables active work to go on at all times , including those when no change of placement is contemplated or during periods of waiting for a suitable placement to become available . |
| 3 | This must be what shooting a film was like : the brightly lit scene , the ennui of waiting for the chief actors to appear tile brief moments of activity , the concentrated attention to detail . |
| 4 | And the only thing is that finally after three months of waiting for the received all their medals and things for so it can go ahead . |
| 5 | Choosing the best time to buy is not always possible , and sometimes the inconvenience of waiting for the right moment can cause more trouble than any financial saving may by worth . |
| 6 | Given the benefit of hindsight , Scotland could have done with a more demanding opening and might also have deployed the likes of Murry Walker and Carl Hogg first out , instead of waiting for the taxing fixture against Nadroga . |
| 7 | There is no suggestion anywhere else in the New Testament of waiting for the Holy Spirit . |
| 8 | For example , if you wish your ‘ commanding ’ child to wait patiently until a more convenient time for her demands to be met , you could reinforce ( reward ) her for waiting for ( say ) ten seconds , subsequently you would reinforce her for waiting for a longer interval of time , gradually increasing the interval each time you ask her to wait . |
| 9 | It should be worth waiting for the last in which Mick Ryan 's Les Amis ( 3.40 ) is well drawn and must be fancied on her two lengths defeat of Quinta Royale at Folkestone . |
| 10 | It was like waiting for the Second Coming . |
| 11 | Britain and Hong Kong have apparently decided against waiting for the Steering Committee of the UN Conference on Indo-Chinese refugees to meet on January 18 before reviewing the situation . |
| 12 | The combination of his gentle business experience , his belief in the politics of personal relationships and his patience in waiting for a desired outcome were unusual and valuable qualities . |
| 13 | The foreign oil producers were slow in supplying oil , and there were delays in loading and off-loading it ( and in waiting for a full ship-load ) . |
| 14 | Within days of Israel 's victory , Shehadeh had suggested to senior Israelis that they should permit the West Bank to declare an independent Palestinian state forthwith , without waiting for a political settlement with the rest of the Arab world . |
| 15 | This policy has allowed the preparation of the Phoenix on data processing and computer science , for instance , which was published without waiting for the twentieth edition . |
| 16 | Without waiting for The Fat Controller 's reaction to all this , she turned and went back to her own table , where she was greeted with little ‘ Well done 's and furtive shoulder pats from her fellow diners . |
| 17 | She remained miserably at Little Gidding after Nicholas 's death , but finally , when John died , she hysterically demanded to leave for London immediately after the funeral ; without waiting for the weekly coach she departed uncomfortably in a countryman 's wagon . |
| 18 | Without waiting for the inevitable flourish of the panama and the affected little bow that she knew would accompany his farewell , she turned round and hurried away . |
| 19 | However , without waiting for the Royal Commission the Liberal Government decided to promote two pieces of legislation that significantly modified the role of the poor law in the provision of social security , the Old Age Pensions Act of 1908 and the National Insurance Act of 1911 . |
| 20 | One way of dealing with it , without waiting for the royal commission report , is by starting to video all such interviews forthwith . |
| 21 | Most of the time is consumed by waiting for the various processes of typesetting , page design and layout , proofing and so on to occur . |