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 .
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