Example sentences of "we wait for " in BNC.
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1 | Back in the city there were thousand of people doomed , dying and all unnecessarily because here was plenty , here was sufficient for the whole city and possibly the greatest sin that you and I can be guilty of and that the church is generally guilty of , but you know when we talk about the church generally its , its so easy because that 's general , you and I that are the church , not the denomination , not the organization , it you and I , possibly the greatest sin that we can be guilty of is the sin of silence , I 'm not talking now about a rude , belligerent , discourteous , butting hole , button holding of people , I 'm not talking about that , I do n't see any place in gods word for that sort of attitude or that sort of approach but are we still silent , what about with those with whom we have the right , because we 've created a relationship , because they know us and they 've seen us and they 've seen the experiences we 've gone through and they 've seen what god has done in our lives , what about with those people do we wait for others to do it , shifting the responsibility . |
2 | ‘ Should n't we wait for Beuno ? ’ said Betty . |
3 | Can we wait for prosperity and education to keep mankind in check ; so the humble villager , the wretched dweller in the shantytown does n't choose the traditional , unthinking , long-term option of a dozen children , the decision which in the long term destroys both them and theirs ? |
4 | Shall we wait for her to come back ? |
5 | Also , voting for this season 's 1st team seems interesting , but should we wait for a couple of weeks before all signings are done . |
6 | Are all children and me , and adults who have been baptised members of the church ? is not or you 'll be actually encouraged or pressured to misinterpret the membership or should we wait for them to be informed er er , to wait for them to , to feel the ? |
7 | You 've got it later on in the agenda , Arthur , can we wait for that one ? |
8 | All this I learn from the bus driver who chats to me as we wait for the traffic ahead to move . |
9 | While we wait for the pendulum to swing : Gail Counsell warns that house prices could take years to recover after the latest rise in interest rates |
10 | While we wait for the doctor 's diagnosis the patient may easily die . |
11 | ‘ The ball is now in Scotland , we wait for them to come back , ’ he said . |
12 | We wait for the ambulance , window open so they can identify us , doilies neatly heaped on yellowing copies of the local paper , the cat perturbed by my frantic resuscitation efforts . |
13 | ‘ We wait for Quincx to get back first . |
14 | We wait for time to test Constance Cumbey 's prophecy that the New Age is the herald of the Antichrist . |
15 | And we wait for one of the small army of art students employed to take our work away . |
16 | What follows , while by no means comprehensive , is NME 's guide to the world blown wide open by the greatest war movies , a world we 'd like to see on TV as we wait for the next one . |
17 | As we wait for Christ to be revealed we do not know when he will appear . |
18 | We wait for the sun . |
19 | What you are about to suggest , of course , is that we wait for the Kilcharran to come along and hoist the damn thing to the surface . ’ |
20 | Now , while we wait for tea how would you like to send a fax to New York ? ’ |
21 | We must either have such confidence in social work 's professional values that we wait for everything to sort itself out , or social workers must grasp their own destiny . |
22 | But for a little moment Martigues still stands , and we drink coffee on the quay as we wait for the boats to come in . |
23 | So we maintain the illusion of a low-manpower exercise , and we wait for him to show himself . ’ |
24 | We can have a little heart-to-heart while we wait for him . ’ |
25 | He drags morosely on the cheroot while we wait for the pretty young newsreader to get through the latest government verbals on the self-pitying unemployed . |
26 | Now we wait for the call from the bigger TV companies , who will obviously want a talented team such as us for one , or all , of their quiz shows . |
27 | We all have to keep up appearances while we wait for the tide to turn . |
28 | A love song on the crackly Holiday Inn radio which the maid always switches on as her final flourish after she 's done the room ( Hugo and I go down to the pool and swim and use the sauna while we wait for her to finish ) or a pop song on the telly as Hugo and I eat our continental breakfast ( orange juice , coffee , a croissant and a Danish each ) , too languid even to stretch out for the remote control and switch it off — will make tears come to my eyes : move me with the desire to say , You do love me , do n't you ! |
29 | However , as you have some discretion in these matters , Mr. Speaker , and while we wait for the Scottish electorate to remove the remainder of the Scottish Conservative party from this House , would it not be appropriate for you to give priority to Scottish Members at Scottish Question Time ? |
30 | 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 . |