Example sentences of "i wait a " in BNC.
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1 | It is my experience that whenever I try to combine shooting and ferreting I wait a long time for the chance of a shot , then there is something else to be done . |
2 | I wait a minute ; no traffic passes , so I guess I have n't been seen . |
3 | write , it 's now I have to ache , I , I wait a few minutes and then I , go on again when me hands had a rest |
4 | ‘ Well , I waited a couple of days . |
5 | I waited a moment , letting him think the line was dead . |
6 | I waited a moment while Lord Darlington returned his attention to Who 's Who . |
7 | I said ‘ No , ’ but I waited a little longer than the usual month before leaving to soften the blow for both of us . |
8 | Closing my eyes , thinking that it might be either the sun or the Pernod , I waited a few seconds and chanced another look . |
9 | I waited a thousand years for my introduction , then the curtains opened and I found myself centre-stage . |
10 | ‘ At the same time , there was one other bit of me that was very practical that realized that the only money to be made if you were to stay in England — and I never thought of going anywhere else — was to get into commercials , and I waited a long time until a script came along that I thought was genuinely funny . |
11 | I waited a little and after weighing it in my mind continued , ‘ They think if they 're not shot at once , then they will be when they 're no longer useful . |
12 | I waited a while , hidden in the shadows , watching the convent settle for the night . |
13 | I waited a minute or so then got up , leaving my almost clean plate , and went through the house to the lounge , where I could see the path leading away through the dunes towards the bridge . |
14 | He refused to let us pass , and my companion and I waited an hour before being rescued by a passing senior officer . |
15 | Instead the word always has an unpleasant connotation when used colloquially — ‘ I waited an eternity for a bus ’ . ’ |
16 | I waited an hour for you to come , and , from the look of it , I 've got quite a bit to catch up on . |