Example sentences of "to wait [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We drank tea , and very often I would arrive some five to ten minutes earlier than the appointed time , so the maid would tell me that I was to wait as madame was still resting . |
| 2 | We 've all had to wait for doctors and dentists , yeah ? |
| 3 | Nora turned back to wait for Lord Wyatt , on the road between the Panshanger gate lodge and the stables . |
| 4 | Well a very close fought encounter at the stadium ; we had to wait for quarter of an hour for the first actual goal chance when Dave Bristow hit the ball from twenty five yards , which just cleared the bar . |
| 5 | That tooth will just have to wait for California , along with everything else . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'll just have to wait for Dad then , wo n't I ? ’ |
| 7 | As we were leaving the theatre , we had to wait for Dad to shake hands in the foyer with some dignitaries . |
| 8 | He struggled towards an understanding of continuity , though the work had to wait for Newton and Gottfried Leibnitz to produce an infinitesimal calculus to master this difficulty . |
| 9 | She did n't have long to wait for illumination as he moved swiftly to front her , grabbing her roughly by the shoulders , holding her firmly as if he suspected she was about to take flight . |
| 10 | Yes , or do you want me to wait for Patrick ? |
| 11 | Some people had to wait for parents to pick them up . |
| 12 | My advice for the less affluent Dizzy fans out there is to wait for Crystal Kingdom Dizzy ( see preview this issue ) , which looks to become the all-time bestest-ever eggstravaganza . |
| 13 | The user does not have to wait for interpretation , but can write ahead and subsequently correct errors . |
| 14 | They were anxious to get a definite indication from the player regarding his future , but are now content to wait for Connolly 's decision . |
| 15 | No one was content to wait for insurance . |
| 16 | We 'll have to wait for permission from the expatriate lady in Sweden . ’ |
| 17 | I knew I should go back to the stockade now , but an idea came to me and I sat down to wait for darkness . |
| 18 | The Czechoslovak Finance Minister , Vaclav Klaus , expressed impatience at the pace of progress envisaged by the communiqué , declaring that Czechoslovakia did " not want to wait for committees " and wished to " start the overhaul tomorrow " . |
| 19 | I stumbled away from the caravans and sat down by the hedge to wait for Tumbleweed . |
| 20 | If you can be as … affected as you seem to have been by answering journalists ' questions , perhaps I 'd be wiser to wait for publication of results , like everyone else . |
| 21 | He drove a few miles out of the village and then pulled off the road to wait for dusk . |
| 22 | Every time we go I have to wait for ages in the cold hospital wearing a scratchy towelling robe the colour of sick and drinking black coffee . |
| 23 | Daniel , who spent £75 on new games and equipment , added : ‘ We had to wait for ages but it was worth it . ’ |
| 24 | I followed mum and joined a long queue , there we had to wait for ages while other people on our flight handed in their tickets . |
| 25 | I look at r.s.s. every Saturday from about noon local time ( 5.00 pm Leeds time ) in the hope of getting the results asap and I normally have to wait for ages until info arrives . |
| 26 | Did you have to wait for ages ? |
| 27 | It is working with Intel on the project but has to wait for silicon before it attempts to actualise the product and turn it over to LSI Logic for manufacture . |
| 28 | Luiza and Freddi have n't worked all winter , so feel they might just as well rent out their Salzburg apartment and come up here to wait for rehearsals to begin . |
| 29 | Male and female responses to the static models could have differed because crested auklet males tend to wait for females to approach , then aggressively reject unwanted partners , whereas females are more active in seeking out and approaching males ( although both sexes show either type of behaviour ) . |
| 30 | ‘ I offered to bring her back again but she said she had to wait for Angharad . ’ |