Example sentences of "[pron] wait [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The professor 's secretary , who is wearing fluffy aquamarine slippers , asks me to wait at the end of a blank corridor . |
| 2 | Told me to wait for the horse to lift its tail . ’ |
| 3 | Maggie tells me to wait in the car . |
| 4 | You would have thought Magnus 's mother would have been nice to me but I bet Father had already telephoned and told her lies about me , because she made me wait in the hall until Nanny came to collect me in a taxicab . |
| 5 | Sarah 's bellowing voice shouting ‘ Go for it ’ as I wait at the top of a World Cup Course and Rob 's quiet and steady presence epitomise their deep enthusiasm for the sport . |
| 6 | As I wait at the traffic lights I find myself crying ; I realise it is not for Hilda but for him . |
| 7 | Indication can be quivertip or butt indicator and generally I wait for the reel to revolve slowly so I know it is not a line bite . |
| 8 | ‘ Her father and I wait for the day she grows out of it , but — ’ |
| 9 | I wait for the bellow . |
| 10 | I wait for the door to open , and for the expression on the old dragon 's face . |
| 11 | I take advantage of the silence as I wait for the punch-line to review the facts and fictions of the short story of Dudley Moore 's life . |
| 12 | Department managers , new checkouts , do all the bits and pieces on , and wanted me to do , while I wait for the shift to come in , and they start at seven . |
| 13 | Now , in these quiet moments as I wait for the world about to awake , I find myself going over in my mind again passages from Miss Kenton 's letter . |
| 14 | I might eat a bread roll without the butter while I wait for the meal to arrive , and slimline or diet drinks act as a wonderful filler . |
| 15 | ‘ I have to walk to the bus stop , and when I wait for the bus there 's some of them slag me off and they push you about . |
| 16 | I wait outside the Coronet cinema , at the usual place . |
| 17 | I wait by the gate as they pick their way down to the slimy bottom of the dip . |
| 18 | It is better if I wait until the morning when I can see what I am doing . ’ |
| 19 | I wait in the lounge . |
| 20 | While I wait in the darkness , the damn grill drags out its dying spasms like it was Jimmy Cagney on the steps of City Hall . |
| 21 | As I waited at the King 's Stairs for my boat back to Venturous I was approached by two very splendidly attired and heavily braided Merchant Service Officers whom I had noticed staring at me curiously during the reception . |
| 22 | I waited at the carousel , Gillie fetched a trolley , and by the time she got back the bags had already come up . |
| 23 | Then I waited at the barrier , the motley flesh around me all pulsing with welcome . |
| 24 | After that I waited at the harbour until it was safe to go back to the beach without seeing the person I was dodging . ’ |
| 25 | I waited outside the window and watched . |
| 26 | And so I waited for the darkness of the Tongan night to lift , my fingers tightly crossed . |
| 27 | All kinds of thoughts raced through my mind as I waited for the explosion in our midst . |
| 28 | A very cold lump formed at the back of my spine while I waited for the rest of it . |
| 29 | The other complaint we receive is ‘ I waited for the issue to come out and my ad was n't in it . |
| 30 | After replacing the 'phone I waited for the tingling to stop then looked at my watch . |