Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] wait for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rest of the journey , not least an eight hour wait for a connection in Los Angeles , was not , I have to admit , so memorable or pleasing . |
| 2 | The simplest method would have been for a French submarine to wait for the Rainbow Warrior somewhere on the high seas and sink it with a torpedo but that posed the problem of what to do with any survivors . |
| 3 | ‘ Just like a wet lettuce waiting for a plate , ’ she muttered , colouring at the strange looks she received . |
| 4 | I must ask my right hon. Friend to wait for an answer to his question about persistent offenders . |
| 5 | I was up going on the ski slope , and this is like , I 've been up a couple of times before , but it had been really cold and bi and I went at Easter , I was so like hot , but it 's still really good snow , and we went up there and I just could n't believe it , I just went dad , erm , oh , I do n't feel too good , and he just went , do n't be so stupid , and Nathan and I collapsed , I was at the front of this queue waiting for the ski lift and the whole queue just went |
| 6 | Another cause waiting for a champion . |
| 7 | That worried us as there were several great skuas working the sky above the bog , and we spent some time waiting for the goose to return before setting off again . |
| 8 | Lady Beatrice watched fearfully whilst Rachel sat like an innocent child waiting for a play to begin . |
| 9 | WHEN actors say they are ‘ resting ’ it does n't necessarily mean that they are lying on the sofa all day waiting for the phone to ring . |
| 10 | But when she arrived at the hotel , Miss Crossland , 27 , claimed she ‘ was fobbed off all morning waiting for the cheque ’ . |
| 11 | The mill sits forlornly , at the foot of Millend Lane , like some slumbering giant waiting for a call , a call that will undoubtedly never come . |
| 12 | Many of those City supporters have indicated that , given the choice , they would rather have handed out a thrashing to their neighbours and arch-rivals tomorrow night and done their bit to extend Old Trafford 's embarrassing 25-year wait for the championship . |
| 13 | Seven days — a week — is a long time to wait for a telephone service nowadays . |
| 14 | One experienced considerable anxiety waiting for the result of the venous creatine kinase test because there was a family history of Duchenne muscular dystrophy on the maternal father 's side . |
| 15 | It opened with a lone commuter waiting for a train late at night . |
| 16 | Sitting in this seamy room one evening waiting for the meeting to begin , I was startled by my friend exclaiming , ‘ My God , there 's a man coming up the stairs . ’ |
| 17 | Cecilia went down the steps at West Hampstead station and stood on the lefthand platform waiting for the train to come down from Kilburn . |
| 18 | Rain recovered herself but not before Shildon , the only person waiting for the lift , had registered the scene . |
| 19 | That 's all I 've been able to do all afternoon , sit here like bloody Mariana in the moated grange waiting for the telephone to ring . |
| 20 | The twins , David and Michael , had been prowling about in the front garden waiting for the sight of Belinda 's car , and as soon as she stepped out into the driveway and came up the path to the house they raced ahead of her inside to relay the news of her arrival , without even saying hello to her . |
| 21 | Even at windswept Thornaby where facilities can best be described as minimal , I checked the charter during my 15 minute wait for a connection . |
| 22 | ‘ You were n't by any chance waiting for a fare , were you , sir ? ’ |
| 23 | She had lost precious time waiting for the nurse to leave . |
| 24 | — and chuckling quietly in the semi-demented manner of someone who is sitting alone in damp clothes in an empty restaurant in a strange country waiting for a twenty-five-dollar pizza . |
| 25 | Fakrid and Jinkwa had spent an anxious hour waiting for the Doctor . |
| 26 | In fact we had a new customer waiting for the certificate in order to give us a job . ’ |
| 27 | O ‘ Connell echoes the structural engineering at the marketplace itself in her gigantic display stand on which 220 vibrant red , moulded jellies are ranked in rows ; a silent audience waiting for the performance to begin . |
| 28 | This is a rare sight ; badgers are normally only active at night , but because these cubs are so tame , there 's an eager audience waiting for a glimpse . |
| 29 | Durham are hoping for a quality entry and with £350 £50 up on last year waiting for the champion , they wo n't be disappointed . |
| 30 | But the past year waiting for the auction has been very difficult . |