Example sentences of "would wait for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tell you , one night , if we knew he was coming , we would wait for him round the back and pitch him down the falls ! ’ |
| 2 | That we would wait for our mother to come home from work with ‘ Lucky Packets ’ full of sherbet , that most of our childhood had been outdoors and here we were inside , with our dad home again , our dad who we had n't seen for four years , here we were having crossed the equator with nine suitcases , where flying fish leapt from the sea , to be in this place . |
| 3 | David and Geoffrey were perfectly welcome because they were English , but I was not welcome because I was American , so while they were staying on to see the May Day Parade , I was meant to leave and fly to Berlin where I would wait for David and Geoffrey who were going on by train through Poland . |
| 4 | He would wait for the right moment . |
| 5 | If they are still experiencing the benefits of the last centesimal medicine then as usual you would wait for some indication before repeating or changing remedies at which point the LM can be prescribed . |
| 6 | He often went out alone , Italian style , and Jeanne would wait for him in the street after the cafés closed . |
| 7 | He would wait for Marcus to speak first . |
| 8 | Instead of calling for Elizabeth immediately after tea , she 'd stayed watching television , thinking Elizabeth would wait for her anyhow . |
| 9 | In the open market of credit trading there were , of course , all kinds of permutations and combinations , the main variable factor being how long the lender would wait for his loan to be repaid . |
| 10 | ‘ If you would consent to be affianced to me , would wait for me , would permit me to write while I am away — ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Yet if she insisted he would wait , he would wait for her , if he must . |
| 12 | As a rule he would wait for others — judges , opponents , even his wife — to decide matters of importance . |
| 13 | She did n't think he would use the ticket , any more than he would wait for her after the performance . |
| 14 | We would wait for any payment until Elinor was well again . ’ |
| 15 | He would wait for her . |
| 16 | When he left his room , he knocked on the women 's door ; he would wait for them in the small restaurant at the front of the hotel . |
| 17 | That she would wait for me , not judge me too quickly … such things . |
| 18 | Anne came back with cigarettes and chocolate and magazines and said goodbye to Terry , then she said she would wait for Sarah at the entrance and left them together . |
| 19 | Mr McQueen left , heading south in time to preach next morning at Bracadale , and saying he would wait for them at Ullinish . |
| 20 | I knew that the Vadinamian Intelloid who was the entry controller would guide Posi to orbital position where we would wait for our turn to land — for only one ship at a time can make the approach to Vadinimia 's unusual port . |
| 21 | A warning would be given , up stumps and all would wait for it to pass then on with the game . |
| 22 | If he was not at the reception hopper grizzleys , it is quite probable that she would wait for him at the entrance to Deep Level . |
| 23 | ‘ I will leave this chamber when I have finished and , Lady Prioress , I should be grateful if you would wait for me in your own chamber . |
| 24 | Besides , he had keys if he arrived while she was out , so he would wait for her , especially having come all the way from Hong Kong , she comforted herself , with a vague feeling that she was somehow cheating . |
| 25 | ‘ She was adamant that she would wait for you , however long you were in returning ’ — she thought nothing of it . |
| 26 | But she knew Meg would wait for her to knock , and then take her time coming to the door — pretending , of course , that Carolyn 's arrival was a complete surprise . |
| 27 | Before deciding on making an application , he said , Finland would wait for the results of negotiations under way between the European Free Trade Association ( EFTA , of which Finland was one of the seven members ) and the EC on a common European Economic Area ( EEA ) [ see p. 38353 ] . |
| 28 | He would wait for an hour or so , reading a newspaper or catching up on paperwork , then he would go to the McCausland counter and hire a car . |
| 29 | And then they were over the bar into a small , natural harbour and the deck steadied beneath her feet as Penry piloted the boat skilfully into a mooring where the Angharad would wait for their return . |
| 30 | But he reneged on that promise and said he would wait for a message from God . |