Example sentences of "[conj] they wait for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well over one third of those questioned in our survey said that they waited for the sales to make major purchases . |
| 2 | What the ovules do is they stay in the grasses and they wait for the pollens to arrive . |
| 3 | IB4E paid the money and they waited for the train to take them to Ratvick . |
| 4 | Not unless they wait for the tide , or row in . ’ |
| 5 | After a short discussion on the merits of the duck , he decided to join her ; and while they waited for the first course to arrive , he regaled her with a colourful account of that afternoon 's meeting in the history department to sort out the timetable . |
| 6 | They went into the staff-room and grabbed a coffee while they waited for the results , then they studied them together on the lightbox . |
| 7 | All sounds were muffled except the song of the birds and the pigeons were puffed up , looking as if they were wearing greatcoats , as they waited for the generous breakfast which they knew Jane would bring out to them . |
| 8 | There was talk of resignations as they waited for the opinion polls . |
| 9 | In the National Liberal Club last night , party activists were busy savouring the mathematic soup stirred up by television exit polls as they waited for the results to roll in . |
| 10 | Two were already straining from the hands of their masters , neck ruffs erect as they waited for the moment of release on to the sawdust-strewn pit floor . |
| 11 | As they waited for the casket to be hoisted on to the boat , Nathan noticed a preacher on the other side of the quay . |
| 12 | The tour subsequently went ahead , but the Wallabies did n't let the grass grow under their feet as they waited for the ANC to make a decision . |
| 13 | The girlfriends and wives of the young officers were pretty , well-bred girls who leant over to each other and laughed a lot as they waited for the ceremony to start . |
| 14 | ‘ You really should be riding a horse , ’ Artemis 's stepmother said to her one morning as they waited for the hounds to move off . |
| 15 | Once or twice as they waited for the ceremonial to begin he saw the eyes of the Annamese sovereign shift anxiously in their direction and he dabbed occasionally at his pale perspiring face with a silken handkerchief that he held concealed in one of his voluminous sleeves . |
| 16 | ‘ Why two rooms ? ’ asked Billie as they waited for the slow-moving lift to ascend to the third floor . |
| 17 | She was calm and did not rail in spite , that night , as they waited for the island 's noises to change to the night 's flutings and clicks and sighs . |
| 18 | ‘ He 's the least likely murderer , though , Jim , ’ said Wickham as they waited for the man to join them . |
| 19 | Jack Bryson , the chief cameraman , told her as they waited for the director 's ‘ OK ’ to strike the set , a quizzical grin seaming his weather-beaten face . |
| 20 | The healthy stayed away , or hovered sceptically at the back of the crowd , talking as they waited for the first miracle . |
| 21 | ‘ What do you mean ? ’ she demanded angrily as they waited for the ancient lift to grind its way up from below . |