Example sentences of "[noun] and waited for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Again Hassan closed his eyes and waited for a second . |
| 2 | I found myself a nice bit of grass with a backrest against a tree trunk and waited for the show to begin . |
| 3 | Some even made me jump After this we got back on the coach and waited for the ferry . |
| 4 | They all walked around to the back of the coach and waited for the driver to open the boot for them . |
| 5 | He stood listening as they crossed the hall and waited for the sound of the lift gates closing . |
| 6 | But she held her peace and waited for the miracle . |
| 7 | To get started on the making of the wine you needed three or four bees which were freely available from friends or neighbours , you filled a jam jar with water to about half an inch from the top , added two desert spoonfuls of sugar , placed the ‘ bees ’ on the water , covered with muslin and waited for a fortnight . |
| 8 | It might not be in strain-on-your-meat-pies Trideocolor or go on all night like America 's bloody buggering 119 channels , but at least some nice bint like his old French teacher came on at ten-thirty and said good night as you drank your bloody buggering Ovaltine and waited for the shipping forecast . |
| 9 | Mr Cubbage , now a broken , weeping figure lay down on the rail and waited for the train to end his life and his earthly troubles . |
| 10 | He listened to a baseball update and waited for the sponsor 's commercial before turning to her . |
| 11 | At the Lock , Marie sat in a hollow in the sand-hills by the canal and waited for the magic to start ; she waited for everything to be made all right . |
| 12 | He sat on the edge of the bed in his hotel room and waited for the phone to be answered . |
| 13 | We lined up , dispatching practice balls into the shimmering blue yonder with ill-disguised pride and waited for the Master to work his way along , one of us on video duty all the while . |
| 14 | The estimable Anderson spoke half-truths as his friend and fellow bag-carrier , Billy Gunn , now explained as he sat on a green caddies ' bench and waited for the call to duty . |
| 15 | She noticed the tightness of the thin lips , instinct warning her that trouble was at hand , so she leaned back in her chair and waited for the storm to break . |
| 16 | He curled up and covered his head with his arms and waited for the dark to absorb him . |
| 17 | She closed the door and waited for a moment , then turned and went into the little bedroom . |
| 18 | She knocked loudly on the kitchen door and waited for a moment , aware of the total silence from within the room . |
| 19 | ‘ During the first walk we saw a weka , but the second time was much more exciting because we sat on a log and waited for a kiwi to return to its nest . ’ |
| 20 | He lay on the narrow bed and waited for the basement gate to bang in the windswept night , until he remembered it was no longer there . |
| 21 | I just carried on training and waited for the team to return from America and the post-Olympic meeting at Crystal Palace . |
| 22 | She went back to the telephone , dialled Sybil 's number and waited for the ringing tone . |
| 23 | When the show finally ended and the house lights came up , Lucy found herself a backstage corner and waited for a while longer . |
| 24 | Before the first series went out we got ourselves an established and admired distributor and waited for the programme sales cash to roll in . |
| 25 | I flashed the Monster a look of triumph and waited for the attention to begin . |
| 26 | Adam came up into a kneeling position and waited for the bus to start moving . |
| 27 | Settling himself in one of the big , shabby armchairs , Tug gazed suspiciously at the television screen and waited for a picture to appear . |
| 28 | Alan Millet stood with his back to the fire , feeling his inadequacy and waited for the woman to settle herself . |
| 29 | They stood on the step and waited for the taxi with black bands on their arms and suitcases in their hands , forlorn passengers from a wrecked ship , clutching a few haphazardly salvaged possessions and staring in dismay at the choppy sea to which they must commit themselves . |
| 30 | I joined the local branch of the I.A.M. and waited for an observer . |