Example sentences of "i wait for " in BNC.
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| 31 | Now , am I waiting for these today or ? |
| 32 | Do you mean what am I waiting for ? |
| 33 | Later I found out that a standby wife had got halfway down the aisle before turning back , remorseful at abandoning her husband , leaving one empty seat — my seat , I brooded , as I waited for the next flight . ) |
| 34 | All kinds of thoughts raced through my mind as I waited for the explosion in our midst . |
| 35 | I remember , I waited for her in the waiting room . |
| 36 | I waited for twenty minutes , and the numbers advanced only to three hundred and ninety-three , so I wandered off to the station newsagent 's to look at girlie magazines . |
| 37 | When you stayed away from me , I would try in vain to will you back beside me : then , long after the dinner I waited for you to share but had to eat alone , I would wander out into the stony streets , hoping to bump into you , to glimpse you sitting in a bar or on a park bench : |
| 38 | I waited for exclamations of horror from above , for someone to call Harry 's name in alarm , for some natural innocent reaction to the floor 's collapse . |
| 39 | I waited for energy , but it did n't materialise . |
| 40 | While I waited for my hamburger to grill , the proprietor offered to photograph me , with my own camera , fondling a chameleon . |
| 41 | Another three weeks passed as I waited for the reassuring ‘ chit ’ . |
| 42 | There now seemed no need even to ask for help ; my needs were known , so I waited for a cure . |
| 43 | When I got back to my room I waited for my friend Malleson . |
| 44 | As the Dutchwoman and I waited for the musicians to gather themselves up she commented on the sea symbols of fish and anchor in the nave . |
| 45 | Red in the face and thoroughly hot and uncomfortable , I waited for the laughter to subside . |
| 46 | The next Saturday , armed with my pocket money , I waited for about an hour before the cheap-jack came to the knives , which after a lot of spiel were offered for sixpence — all I possessed . |
| 47 | I waited for my rescuer . |
| 48 | I waited for help . |
| 49 | The man at Capital told me to hold on , and I waited for a very long time . |
| 50 | I waited for what , I swear , was another hour before the door opened and in came a man wearing a mask and gloves . |
| 51 | For some reason I waited for the answer to that one . |
| 52 | I waited for three buses to go past before I got on to one . |
| 53 | I waited for him to come into my room and say hello . |
| 54 | I waited for the crowd to thin out , then went to have a closer look . |
| 55 | I waited for her to erupt as the ear-splitting entourage drew level . |
| 56 | I waited for quite a long time . |
| 57 | The other complaint we receive is ‘ I waited for the issue to come out and my ad was n't in it . |
| 58 | I waited for further transmissions . |
| 59 | ‘ I feel cross because I waited for you this morning and you did n't turn up . ‘ |
| 60 | I waited for Mr Vulcan to come out with a group of our ever-curious neighbours . |