Example sentences of "[pron] wait a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is my experience that whenever I try to combine shooting and ferreting I wait a long time for the chance of a shot , then there is something else to be done . |
| 2 | write , it 's now I have to ache , I , I wait a few minutes and then I , go on again when me hands had a rest |
| 3 | ‘ At the same time , there was one other bit of me that was very practical that realized that the only money to be made if you were to stay in England — and I never thought of going anywhere else — was to get into commercials , and I waited a long time until a script came along that I thought was genuinely funny . |
| 4 | I waited a thousand years for my introduction , then the curtains opened and I found myself centre-stage . |
| 5 | Closing my eyes , thinking that it might be either the sun or the Pernod , I waited a few seconds and chanced another look . |
| 6 | Stella kept them waiting a long time , and when she did appear she sprinted off down the street ahead of them . |
| 7 | Why do n't you wait a few hours and see if he gets what you need from Blagg ? ’ |
| 8 | Could you wait a few weeks until I 'm sure ? ’ |
| 9 | However , I would suggest you wait a little while before making your final decision . |
| 10 | Legally , I could keep you waiting a hundred years for the money . ’ |
| 11 | She waited a long time ; so long , she must have fallen asleep , for the next thing she knew the room was in darkness , and Connor was in bed beside her . |
| 12 | She waited a long time in a small office , but after an hour a policeman came into the room . |
| 13 | She waited a few moments then turned into East 48th Street , still pretending to look in the shop windows as she walked . |
| 14 | She waited a few moments longer , and then she said , ‘ Well ? ’ |
| 15 | She waited a few moments then rang the bell again , and this time the door opened with maddening slowness . |
| 16 | She waited a few seconds for any sounds that might tell her that her mother was in there but out of her range of sight . |
| 17 | Her stilted smile reappeared , placing a dent at one corner of her mouth , but she waited a few seconds longer , making sure that the ghost had retreated again . |
| 18 | She waited a few seconds and shouted louder . |
| 19 | By this time we feel as if we are Hemingway 's companion , hauling out the bodies one by one , so that when he says ‘ Well you waited a long time to get sick brother . |
| 20 | I had been in the armed forces long enough to know that you waited a long time for everything and I saw no reason why a dental appointment should be any different , |
| 21 | As a whole the season had not brought a successful fishing , which , sad to relate , would condemn to bachelorhood for another year many Lewismen who waited a successful season to enable them to begin life in partnership with a fisher lass . |
| 22 | I fully understand the considerable cross-party support for what was said in the ten-minute Bill , but it is important that we wait a few months to see where the European Court comes down . |
| 23 | We waited a long time at Enniskillen , an RAF helicopter buzzing above the castle . |
| 24 | We waited a long time , and Charlotte wrote more advertisements . |
| 25 | He rested his arm lightly along her shoulders as they left the restaurant , and she forced herself to wait a decent interval before ducking lightly away from him , hating the insidious way his touch seemed to affect her . |
| 26 | ‘ Shall I tell him to wait a few minutes , Inspector ? |
| 27 | They waited a long time and nobody appeared but the Brigadier did n't call again . |
| 28 | They waited a long time while the hounds drew the covert . |
| 29 | He waits a long time , checking his watch often . |
| 30 | He waits a long time before seizing her , getting to know her habits and other information about her , but she is really a complete stranger who has never met or loved him , unlike Daisy and Gatsby who at least know each other before the book begins . |