Example sentences of "[adv] wait [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ramsay , forming his men into a lengthy line four deep , had not long to wait before the high wailing of a hunting-horn sounded in the windy gloom , for his group had probably had furthest to ride . |
| 2 | Furious , she sat down to wait for the next vehicle . |
| 3 | So the argument that Mr Major needs only to wait for the inevitable victory , after the inevitable economic recovery , should be taken with a fistful of salt . |
| 4 | She 's worried any of them could be killed … and for now she can only wait for the missing cat to return |
| 5 | But as you 've got a long wait for the next production , let's move on to the town itself . |
| 6 | Every girl in New York who is not a singer is only waiting for the right break to come along so she can get to be one . |
| 7 | ‘ Mind telling me , sir , why you did n't just wait in the twenty-minute car-park ? |
| 8 | Shepherds and their kind did n't normally wait in the main hall of High Brook . |
| 9 | Like the golfer who hits his one decent shot on the eighteenth hole and can not wait for the following weekend 's game , I felt light of heart with the warm promise of another evening in the company of the delightful Sally Drayton . |
| 10 | He can not wait for the proposed exchange of animals . |
| 11 | The advisers involved in any due diligence exercise should report to the investors regularly , outlining any problems that they are encountering ; they should not wait until the final publication of their report . |
| 12 | Please do not wait until the last moment to inform us . |
| 13 | Please do not wait until the last moment to inform us . |
| 14 | The value of AOB is to allow urgent matters to be raised which can not wait until the next meeting . |
| 15 | Just wait until the last day , when you come , you sit down on the fucking stool and each leg goes like that ! |
| 16 | Christie 's have got it and they 're just waiting for the right sale . |
| 17 | Just waiting for the flash line to ring , not even knowing whether the kidnappers would have heard the radio show at all , or how they would react if they had , made Sam nauseous from stress . |
| 18 | Not waiting for the official Alpha launch on November 10 , DEC had Jensen , its Alpha AXP personal computer prototype , out at Net World in Dallas last week . |
| 19 | ‘ I was desperately waiting for the magic word ‘ Cut ’ so I could attach myself to the wires before falling , ’ he says . |
| 20 | In opposition , they likewise shifted right ( Britain ) or , if they started nearer the centre ( Germany ) , just waited for the inevitable disillusionment with conservatism to set in . |
| 21 | I believe in taking action on fact and not fantasy , but I think it was Lord Zuckerman who was the scientific advisor to the government , who said that government has never taken preventive measures that would prove to be unjustified , and if you always wait to the last moment before being convinced to do anything , that 's often a moment too late . |
| 22 | I usually wait until the next day when the painting is thoroughly dry , when it will accept the light colour perfectly . |
| 23 | Bryan Gould is as good as gold and Gerald Kaufman is a happy-go-lucky bachelor who 's still waiting for the right girl to come along . |
| 24 | She says she 's still waiting for the right man . ’ |
| 25 | This is because we are still waiting for the connecting bus from Wolverhampton … ‘ ! |
| 26 | It so happened that the local station was still waiting on the True Brit for recognition of a tidbit passed on to that paper six months ago about a rural dean and a lady elephant-tamer . |
| 27 | Outside in the street , still waiting in the cold wind were the friends , neighbours and complete strangers who had come to show their support for the families . |
| 28 | As an added deterrent , this species usually waits until the last moment for the final clamping-down movement . |
| 29 | In the all ticket days you could often wait for the first coach from Leeds to turn up and they would have 20+ tickets for us poor souls who could nt get one ! ! |
| 30 | In the all ticket days you could often wait for the first coach from Leeds to turn up and they would have 20+ tickets for us poor souls who could nt get one ! ! |