Example sentences of "they wait for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why did n't they wait for the passengers to get off first , instead of squeezing themselves , their sacks of wheat and bicycles on at the same time that others were dragging their possessions off ? |
| 2 | ‘ Why did n't they wait for me ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Why should they wait for me ? |
| 4 | ‘ How long will they wait for payment ? ’ |
| 5 | Given that the chairman of the Conservative party and the Secretary of State for Energy have accepted , on behalf of the Conservative party , that petrol prices will have to rise , do the Government wish to take action before Europe imposes its own regime on us , or will they wait for Europe ? |
| 6 | Unlike most animals , mussels do not expend energy searching for food They wait for the tides and currents to bring it to them . |
| 7 | Dozens of people with rucksacks glare back at them from the platform as they wait for their substandard ‘ Sprinter ’ to turn up ; wet , cold and miserable perhaps , but at least secure in the knowledge that they will eventually travel through the same scenery without parting with their life savings . |
| 8 | ‘ They wait for you , ’ he answered . |
| 9 | The community radio stations remain silent as they wait for laws to be passed to allow them to operate . |
| 10 | Not unless they wait for the tide , or row in . ’ |
| 11 | Howard gazes out of the window of his official car at people in the streets , trying to read the expression on their faces as they wait for buses or try to cross the road . |
| 12 | Well I 'm not , it 's not sometimes they have they wait for the local officer to come on duty . |
| 13 | Handle the peels only by their edges to avoid grease marks , and lay them on clean , lint-free paper or cloth while they wait for mounting , to avoid dust and scratch collection . |
| 14 | The anxiety , hardship and distress suffered by people as they wait for decisions from the Home Office are obvious to anyone . |
| 15 | What the ovules do is they stay in the grasses and they wait for the pollens to arrive . |
| 16 | So what they do is , apparently they wait for somebody to complain |
| 17 | Who were they waiting for ? |
| 18 | ‘ What the hell are they waiting for ? ’ |
| 19 | ‘ What are they waiting for ? ’ he asked . |
| 20 | Oh yeah , sort the buggers out well they 're all quiet down there then , what they waiting for then now ? |
| 21 | STUDENTS carrying their luggage and books queued solemnly as they waited for lifts home yesterday morning , a day after the University of Zimbabwe had been shut down indefinitely . |
| 22 | The girls suffered agonies of exposure as they waited for them to reach their seats . |
| 23 | It was also free of DTI civil servants as he had quietly ascertained while they waited for their lunch to arrive . |
| 24 | All sounds were muffled except the song of the birds and the pigeons were puffed up , looking as if they were wearing greatcoats , as they waited for the generous breakfast which they knew Jane would bring out to them . |
| 25 | There was talk of resignations as they waited for the opinion polls . |
| 26 | In the National Liberal Club last night , party activists were busy savouring the mathematic soup stirred up by television exit polls as they waited for the results to roll in . |
| 27 | As they waited for these to declare , the television lights in the club 's library lightly grilled nervous Liberal Democrats as the party 's organiser , Mr Des Wilson , discussed their prospects . |
| 28 | There was a pause while they waited for Michael Douglas to go in ahead of them , and then the door opened wide ; beyond was an incessant glare of flashlights , the roar of the crowd . |
| 29 | They waited for another thirty-six hours , but no further stragglers arrived . |
| 30 | They waited for the priest to pass along with the thin wafer of bread and while they did so their hands were like this , cupped and raised in a gesture that might be offering or receiving . |