Example sentences of "[modal v] [not/n't] wait for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the last sentence erm my view is that we should not wait for an application to build on this site . |
| 2 | With an uncertain outlook for nineteen ninety three from our point of view it 's absolutely crucial to get costs in line we had obviously done cost-cutting during the previous two years , but we really needed to be sure that if revenues were not going to increase , we should n't wait for a recovery to bail us out . |
| 3 | ‘ He was really looking forward to being a father and could not wait for the birth . |
| 4 | great , I could n't wait For the life of Mrs |
| 5 | could n't wait For the life of Mrs |
| 6 | could n't wait For the life of Mrs Riley . |
| 7 | I could n't wait for the air raids . |
| 8 | As Goffmann points out , the end of conversational encounters carry an increased risk of creating offence — in the sense that careless or perfunctory termination may convey the misleading impression that one could n't wait for the session to end and that as far as one was concerned the whole episode was a waste of time . |
| 9 | I could n't wait for the bell to ring at four in the afternoon when class would end and I could bang my lid for the last time before running all the way down the Whitechapel Road to help out on the barrow . |
| 10 | The latter need not wait for a change of heart on the part of the Prime Minister , or the election of a new government , before translating guilt about the condition of those less fortunate than themselves into action . |
| 11 | Taking up the points made in recent days by Mr Tony Blair , Labour 's employment spokesman , and the TUC , Mr Fowler said the dismantling of the closed shop need not wait for the passage of the bill . |
| 12 | For the time being she was excused from her prop-room duties and she need n't wait for the curtain call . |
| 13 | Well we 'll go on the corporation , wait for a corporation you would n't wait for a corporation , I said wait , wait for the big bus . |
| 14 | and all she can think of to say is ( and here he mimicked a heavy filmstar accent which actually was nothing like the actress in the film at all , because the woman in the film is an ordinary , decent , hardworking woman ) , ‘ Oh dahlink , I 'ave missed you so much , ’ and then the first thing she does after waiting for him to come home for seven fucking years is to leave the fucking gas on while she 's making his coffee , and then of course she 's so tense that she just ca n't wait for a fag , she lights up , there you go ; bang . |
| 15 | Having used a good CAVOK day absorbing its contents , I ca n't wait for the chance to get out and put some of Harvey Plourde 's theories to the test in my Champ — Bob Grimstead . |
| 16 | Ha Ha Ha I ca n't wait for the bullshit to flow as they try to explain away this one . |
| 17 | I ca n't wait for the teacher 's watch to say 4.30 so I can go home . |
| 18 | ‘ Because you ca n't wait for the time when you 'll be a married woman ? ’ |
| 19 | I ca n't wait for the summer . |
| 20 | I think I 'll I 'll not wait for Er if nothing comes in the post tomorrow I wo n't wait for the conference centre to get in touch with me , I 'll write to them tomorrow and drop it in . |
| 21 | I wo n't wait for the card , for the bill to come in for the card . |
| 22 | Can not wait for the end . |
| 23 | ‘ The unemployed can not wait for the recovery the Tories are waiting for . |