Example sentences of "[modal v] [not/n't] wait for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He was really looking forward to being a father and could not wait for the birth . |
| 2 | I could n't wait for the pictures to come out , I was so excited to see them . |
| 3 | great , I could n't wait For the life of Mrs |
| 4 | could n't wait For the life of Mrs |
| 5 | could n't wait For the life of Mrs Riley . |
| 6 | As Goffmann points out , the end of conversational encounters carry an increased risk of creating offence — in the sense that careless or perfunctory termination may convey the misleading impression that one could n't wait for the session to end and that as far as one was concerned the whole episode was a waste of time . |
| 7 | I could n't wait for the air raids . |
| 8 | I could n't wait for the bell to ring at four in the afternoon when class would end and I could bang my lid for the last time before running all the way down the Whitechapel Road to help out on the barrow . |
| 9 | Taking up the points made in recent days by Mr Tony Blair , Labour 's employment spokesman , and the TUC , Mr Fowler said the dismantling of the closed shop need not wait for the passage of the bill . |
| 10 | For the time being she was excused from her prop-room duties and she need n't wait for the curtain call . |
| 11 | I ca n't wait for the summer . |
| 12 | An absolute winner — I ca n't wait for the new items in the series . |
| 13 | Somebody Who Ca n't Wait For The New Morrissey Record , Milan |
| 14 | Having used a good CAVOK day absorbing its contents , I ca n't wait for the chance to get out and put some of Harvey Plourde 's theories to the test in my Champ — Bob Grimstead . |
| 15 | I ca n't wait for the next get-together , and the thought of pulling on that old white shirt again excites me . |
| 16 | He admitted last night : ‘ I ca n't wait for the players to find their feet in the Premier League . ’ |
| 17 | Like everyone else who has attended the Cathay Pacific Hongkong Bank Sevens , I ca n't wait for the next one . |
| 18 | I ca n't wait for the mini series . |
| 19 | ‘ Because you ca n't wait for the time when you 'll be a married woman ? ’ |
| 20 | I ca n't wait for the teacher 's watch to say 4.30 so I can go home . |
| 21 | I ca n't wait for the next revelations . |
| 22 | Ha Ha Ha I ca n't wait for the bullshit to flow as they try to explain away this one . |
| 23 | Ca n't wait for the dogs . |
| 24 | I think I 'll I 'll not wait for Er if nothing comes in the post tomorrow I wo n't wait for the conference centre to get in touch with me , I 'll write to them tomorrow and drop it in . |
| 25 | I wo n't wait for the card , for the bill to come in for the card . |
| 26 | Can not wait for the end . |
| 27 | Like the golfer who hits his one decent shot on the eighteenth hole and can not wait for the following weekend 's game , I felt light of heart with the warm promise of another evening in the company of the delightful Sally Drayton . |
| 28 | He can not wait for the proposed exchange of animals . |
| 29 | ‘ The unemployed can not wait for the recovery the Tories are waiting for . |