Example sentences of "was wait for " in BNC.
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| 1 | So up we 'd go and we 'd have to keep the crowd back and the object was to wait for Mary to come out for some more beer which was the pub across the road , and when she did , grab her . |
| 2 | The only way to change the Court was to wait for the justices ( of whom there were nine ) either to die or retire , and appoint replacements who would support the New Deal . |
| 3 | His only choice at present was to wait for the right moment to play his hand . |
| 4 | What I did was to wait for him to unbolt the door , which opens outwards . |
| 5 | As they neared the ruins of Arghuri , the Kurd indicated that Miss Logan was to wait for him while he investigated the village . |
| 6 | ‘ The only mistake we made was to wait for four years before trying to sort out our lives , ’ Julius replied in an unruffled tone . |
| 7 | Jay was waiting for the soul-inspired Adagio . |
| 8 | Up the slope , at the top of his semi-circular steps , Alexander Menzies was waiting for them in his best silk coat like a dandy at a ball , with a straightfaced young man standing by his side . |
| 9 | He was waiting for her in the lounge . |
| 10 | They were even more uncomfortable when their father entered with Rose just as the full hall was waiting for the curtain to go up . |
| 11 | I had done all the cooking and was waiting for my husband to come home . |
| 12 | She was taken to Queens ' Building detention centre at the airport where Aszal was waiting for her . |
| 13 | Maybe there was some difficulty about Lilian 's dress or he was waiting for her to get back from the hairdresser 's . |
| 14 | Now he too was waiting for a phone call , promised for the afternoon . |
| 15 | I think about Mr Jackson and I get a sort of uncomfortable feeling when I remember he was waiting for me at the house and I did n't come back . |
| 16 | When he went upstairs , she was waiting for him . |
| 17 | They say that as the meeting was drawing to its conclusion , everyone was waiting for a certain person to utter a few graceful words by way of a thank-you to the summit host , Mr Mitterrand . |
| 18 | It was , anyway , Norman Tebbit that everybody was waiting for . |
| 19 | The Land Rover bumped along the track to where the young detective constable , looking chilled and ti red , was waiting for them . |
| 20 | I was waiting for Professor Avenarius whom I 'd occasionally met here for a chat . |
| 21 | A very straight military-type man was waiting for her when she reached her own pigeon-hole , which she shared with her assistant ( off sick ) . |
| 22 | Jordi was waiting for me outside after I had a bath and changed my clothes for dinner . |
| 23 | When I got back to our hostel , our bags were in the hallway and Dana was waiting for me . |
| 24 | The driver of the truck sent to meet Charles and his baggage at the railhead south of Arras , had told him that Lord Christopher — Charles did n't ask the surname — was waiting for him in the Officers ' Mess of 2nd Grenadiers . |
| 25 | A note through her letter box was waiting for Clarissa when she got back late from rehearsal . |
| 26 | Mungo had a strong sensation that the dark cavity was waiting for something to happen . |
| 27 | I remember excusing this by saying that I was waiting for the police and that nothing should be touched until they had come . |
| 28 | I told him I was waiting for my boyfriend , and he got back in his car but still sat there , looking at me . |
| 29 | Ross Perot , a Texas billionaire , advanced $1m as a down-payment , but no hostages appeared off Cyprus where Secord was waiting for them . |
| 30 | I was waiting for death . ’ |