Example sentences of "[pron] wait [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rachel and I wait at the little barrier in the station terminus , and again I think what an ordinary pair of holidaymakers we must look — too tatty to be honeymooners , but the same kind of contentment together . |
| 2 | I wait for the inevitable question . |
| 3 | I felt frightened as I waited for the mysterious man . |
| 4 | 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 . ) |
| 5 | I waited by the eighteenth green with thousands of spectators to see the denouement , and my money was mentally on the dashing Swede . |
| 6 | Do n't you ever speak to me like that again , I have n't , I rang , no , no , I the landlord either , I waited until the next morning . |
| 7 | ‘ I gathered you all wanted to meet me , so it seemed a bit unkind to make you wait until the following morning … ’ |
| 8 | You wait for the other side to post their part back to you on your client 's purchase , thereby leaving you with the initiative to complete the exchange procedure on your client 's sale , and this you should do immediately . |
| 9 | A catapult lives with you until the last moment ; it stays tensed in your hands , breathing with you , moving with you , ready to leap , ready to sing and jerk , and leaving you in that dramatic pose , arms and hands outstretched while you wait for the dark curve of the ball in its flight to find its target , that delicious thud . |
| 10 | Erm I think bro broadly , certainly by the time you 've got through to the later spring th th there is y yes I mean i in a sense there are sort of three areas if you like but , but very broadly the areas which had not been taken over yet i is very much a slower process of consolidation and then you wait for the next rule . |
| 11 | ‘ Perhaps an escort , ’ hinted Isabel , worried that Matilda was going to suggest she wait for the good father 's return . |
| 12 | As she waited at the only traffic lights in the main street , her attention was caught as a man came out from a hardware shop . |
| 13 | Mungo admired Emily 's patience as she waited for the right moment to mention his proposition . |
| 14 | She now rubbed her hand over the oilcloth as she waited for the next question . |
| 15 | Twice she was in the very act , loaded fork in her hand , when her breathing quickened , her mouth drew into a forbidding shiver of disgust , and she waited for the next signal to come round . |
| 16 | She waited for the unpleasant tingling on the back of her neck to go away and bother somebody else . |
| 17 | Carefully she waited until the right moment . |
| 18 | However , as you have some discretion in these matters , Mr. Speaker , and while we wait for the Scottish electorate to remove the remainder of the Scottish Conservative party from this House , would it not be appropriate for you to give priority to Scottish Members at Scottish Question Time ? |
| 19 | We waited on the top-floor landing for a minute or two , but there seemed no coming or going from the other flats . |
| 20 | The relative positions of the players changed and changed again over the second half and , as we waited on the eighteenth tee , Miguel had edged yet again one shot ahead of Jack . |
| 21 | We all filed out of the church , leaving Queen Margaret with her shadows whilst we waited in the warm autumn sunshine . |
| 22 | We waited in the dark hold for an hour , then two . |
| 23 | When he first came into the Hampshire team , Greenidge 's natural inclination was to attack every ball , and it was Richards more than anyone who taught him restraint , taught him to wait for the bad ball . |
| 24 | And then , instead of hiding until the passage was clear , fitzAlan had given her a shove and told her to wait in the last cubicle . |
| 25 | Well I 'm not , it 's not sometimes they have they wait for the local officer to come on duty . |
| 26 | Elizabeth played one of her characteristically tantalizing games , and kept him waiting until the very moment of her death . |
| 27 | Also , he had kept her waiting at the Old Mitre and she would have preferred him to say everything then , or telephone now , rather than trail after her . |
| 28 | After a short discussion on the merits of the duck , he decided to join her ; and while they waited for the first course to arrive , he regaled her with a colourful account of that afternoon 's meeting in the history department to sort out the timetable . |
| 29 | The healthy stayed away , or hovered sceptically at the back of the crowd , talking as they waited for the first miracle . |
| 30 | They waited for the first flight out of Iraq on which there were seats . |