Example sentences of "[verb] for the [noun] when " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it was n't the Russians , it was the British who wanted to interfere ; so I said , I am going away to wait for the day when once again an Austrian can decide when an Austrian may conduct music in his own country . |
| 2 | Finally he asked us to pray to be forgiven for the times when we had misused our authority . |
| 3 | From the time it is first offered to you , it makes sense to plan for the day when your job may end . |
| 4 | He had very red hair and a pale complexion with masses of freckles all over his face , he was very popular with everyone and lived for the day when he could join the Army , particularly the Camerons . |
| 5 | Of course , there was always Agnes , and I lived for the nights when I joined the Ralembergs for their simple meal . |
| 6 | Despite her depression she occupied herself with office tasks , and , although there were times when she dabbed at a tear , she reminded herself that she must prepare for the time when she would never see Silas again . |
| 7 | I have never heard of anybody , apart from people who may hope to get good jobs in these bogus new regional authorities , who , thrilled by a weird kind of socialist local patriotism , longs for the day when the flag of the East Midland Region is raised over the Great Roundabout of Retford , or the parliament of the West Midland Region holds its inaugural meeting at Telford New Town . |
| 8 | But New Zealand farmers could not be better placed for the day when ( if ) other rich countries lower barriers to food imports and abolish farm subsidies . |
| 9 | I long for the day when those in authority will be united in a common quest to win the lost without worrying about the style of Anglican worship ; when they will see that a prime means to evangelise our nation will be to plant churches and encourage it without worrying about parochial boundaries . |
| 10 | He adds : ‘ If you long for the day when Britain can claim to be the first mainly Afro-Asian part of Europe , vote Conservative or Europe . ’ |
| 11 | So that we can wait for the moment when she sees you well enough to be sure whether you are Liam or not . |
| 12 | ‘ Because you ca n't wait for the time when you 'll be a married woman ? ’ |
| 13 | In some cases doctor 's dentist 's or other appointments will have been made for the Thursdays when the bus failed to arrive . |
| 14 | Nor can Colm Henry wait for the day when the whole ‘ chemistry ’ part of photography is done away with . |
| 15 | We can continue debating their demise , while we wait for the day when European taxpayers rather than farmers finally call the day on the common agricultural policy . |
| 16 | Agents were pondering whether they should n't ‘ hang on to thee rights , and wait for the time when they 're equipped to sell them , ’ as conference chairman Tony Feldman put it later . |
| 17 | This brochure is about : how individual company directors , partners , self-employed businessmen , and people in the professions can provide for the time when they stop working . |
| 18 | I was always waiting for the day when I would be beaten up , but it never came . |
| 19 | Her family and acquaintance would have been greatly astonished to learn that Camille considered herself prematurely grown-up , and she herself was waiting for the day when she could tame her anger into cold bitterness and frame it into phrases as cutting as tempered steel . |
| 20 | Barbara Adams , a US-born resident of Katmandu , said : " I am waiting for the day when owning a Tibetan carpet incurs the same disapproval as wearing a leopard skin coat . " |
| 21 | When she reached the plateau she remained standing , watching for Joss Barnet , waiting for the moment when she would see him riding towards her . |
| 22 | Not all teachers are closet radicals , though , waiting for the moment when the unbolting of the examination doors will allow them to open up their pedagogical style . |
| 23 | When she began to unbutton his shirt he stood , paralysed , staring at the slack flesh round her stomach , he shivered and she took it for excitement ; he had dreamed about this , waiting for the moment when he would instinctively know what to do , would take control , but instead she was rubbing against him with a cool professionalism that unnerved him . |
| 24 | Sheikh , who was batting , stood crouched over his bat , patiently waiting for the moment when Mafouz would decide to let go of the ball . |
| 25 | Waiting for the time when profiles run . |
| 26 | As his wife , Jeanette applies ointment to loosen the glue , Adrian waits for the moment when he 'll be able to see again . |
| 27 | Always check the area you are sailing into to allow for the time when you will be facing battlements but when you crouch in the middle of the boat , do keep an eye on the boom or you 'll end up with a nasty bump on the head . |
| 28 | Men like Jeremiah and Ezekiel looked for the day when God would forge a new covenant , or agreement , with men . |
| 29 | Holyfield came under such prolonged assault in the first minute or so that the crowd were reduced to a state of suspended animation , tensed for the moment when he would drop . |
| 30 | Jeremiah longed for the day when God would , so to speak , underwrite both sides of the covenant . |