Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] wait for the " in BNC.

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1 The cheapest and most practical method was for the shikari to sit out over a tethered bait in a tree hide or machan waiting for the tiger to appear .
2 After the church ceremony , a horse and carriage waited for the newlyweds and took them to their reception , where an entertainer was waiting in the wings to take the children off the adults ' hands .
3 They 'd kept him in a kiosk on Brighton front day and night waiting for the Germans to invade .
4 Noah 's faith was persistent ; through the taunts of unbelievers as he worked ; through the rainstorm ; through the tragedy of knowing that men and women were dying in the flood ; through the long days and nights waiting for the next stage , as the waters went down .
5 The dozen or so rounds included music , sport , history , geography , art and literature but Crawley waited for the film , TV and theatre questions before playing their joker .
6 While Coleridge waited for the sun to set behind Dowsborough and Higher Hare Knap , he wrote the first fluent draft of a poem reworked soon afterwards as ‘ This Lime-Tree Bower My Prison ’ .
7 Some couples were moving away while others waited for the band to strike up again .
8 IBM said it continued ‘ aggressively ’ to seek ways ’ to improve profitability , but admitted that sales of the AS/400 as well as of the mainframes declined as users wait for the new models .
9 IBM said it continued ‘ aggressively ’ to seek ways ’ to improve profitability , but admitted that sales of the AS/400 as well as of the mainframes declined as users wait for the new models .
10 Meanwhile as hospitals wait for the first evacuees … surgeons say they 'll work for nothing to save the sight of a ten year old bosnian boyu .
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