Example sentences of "[modal v] [not/n't] wait for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He was really looking forward to being a father and could not wait for the birth . |
| 2 | great , I could n't wait For the life of Mrs |
| 3 | could n't wait For the life of Mrs |
| 4 | could n't wait For the life of Mrs Riley . |
| 5 | I could n't wait for the air raids . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | For the time being she was excused from her prop-room duties and she need n't wait for the curtain call . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Ha Ha Ha I ca n't wait for the bullshit to flow as they try to explain away this one . |
| 12 | I ca n't wait for the teacher 's watch to say 4.30 so I can go home . |
| 13 | ‘ Because you ca n't wait for the time when you 'll be a married woman ? ’ |
| 14 | I ca n't wait for the summer . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | I wo n't wait for the card , for the bill to come in for the card . |
| 17 | Can not wait for the end . |
| 18 | ‘ The unemployed can not wait for the recovery the Tories are waiting for . |