Example sentences of "to wait [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As they crossed to the supermarket they had to wait as an assistant wearing a jacket over his uniform wheeled a long line of trolleys from a loading bay into the store . |
| 2 | To find its most lasting realization , Charlie 's vision would have to wait for a bank clerk who did understand metempsychosis , and who had not only a commercial education gained in an underground room at Lloyds Bank , but also a knowledge of Greek . |
| 3 | Forty years may be a long time to wait for a 19p basic rate of tax . |
| 4 | There were very old dogs , taken gently to the nearest suitable spot then straight home ; dogs who bounded ahead , to wait for a moment , look round , eyes shining , mouth dripping , before dashing off once more ; dogs on the lead , who would drag their owner slowly from one thoughtfully sniffed-over site to the next ; and there were some , like Wilson , who trotted to heel — alert , brisk , responsible — although Wilson was not a dog , only so much like an Aberdeen terrier in bearing and gait that his picture sometimes became confused in my mind . |
| 5 | But they had to wait for a host of their rivals to commit pop suicide before they could begin the job of moulding this new discovery . |
| 6 | This puts industry off voluntary controls and it tends to wait for a law to be brought in . |
| 7 | He thought of sitting down to wait for a break in the storm but that could have been all night so he struggled on downhill , angling a little to the left , until he met the treeline at the bottom of the meadow . |
| 8 | I had to wait for a considerable time for the expanse of blue sky above my chosen scene ( figure XX ) to be substantial enough for photography . |
| 9 | At a corner he stopped to wait for a break in the traffic . |
| 10 | A day longer to wait for a letter ! |
| 11 | The lifetime of the proton in a nucleus is predicted to be greater than 1025 years , so it is not feasible to wait for a sufficient number of transmuted atoms to accumulate . |
| 12 | Last Friday the civil servant in charge of government policy on radioactive waste management reiterated Whitehall 's position that a solution to the disposal issue would have to wait for a future generation . |
| 13 | He reached it without mishap but had to wait for a while , watching the day begin , until the ferrymaster arrived . |
| 14 | In those places where there is a delay in substantiation , faith is prepared to wait for a long time at the bar of history . |
| 15 | I have to wait for a white actor to turn down a role because the stuff that they 're supposedly writing ‘ black ’ ai n't happenin' . |
| 16 | Every time he has to wait for a question , he claims victory . |
| 17 | I remarked to my friend , ‘ You 'd have to wait for a long time to get a train from here , ’ he smiled and we both set off for the youth hostel down the road . |
| 18 | On February 27 she was told only a heart transplant would save her husband 's life and they would have to wait for a donor . |
| 19 | In these cases I either have to wait for a passing walker and ask for assistance , try to reverse my direction or take the plunge and risk damage to chair and body . |
| 20 | But they may have to wait for a year , and maybe even two , before the brief , dramatic cycle can begin all over again . |
| 21 | Whenever I saw her , she always smiled at me , It was as if she 'd got me confused with someone else , someone important Once I had half an hour to wait for a transport . |
| 22 | Plus of course the attendant horrors for someone normally so well-groomed to have to wait for a face plastered with scabs and unshaveable stubble to heal . |
| 23 | Can I afford to wait for a young child to discover such procedures ? |
| 24 | For this reason , instead of joining in the stampede for the latest and newest , I suggest it would be more prudent to wait for a year or two to see if the strawberry blonde holds her place as a glamour queen , or in reality is a blowzy old dame hobbling into the has-beens in the back row of the chorus , where she will find plenty to keep her company . |
| 25 | Each call sent out by a client has to wait for a response before another is sent . |
| 26 | Each call sent out by a client has to wait for a response before another is sent . |
| 27 | They had to be willing , too , to wait for a place to become available . |
| 28 | Eventually , well into the afternoon , we found the route — but had to wait for a couple who pushed in front claiming they were ‘ HVS climbers ’ and would not take long . |
| 29 | on the other hand , a school with a high rate of staff turnover can not usually afford to wait for a consensus and readiness that may never come ; and a staff hand-picked in a new school , or for a new school situation such as amalgamation or unstreaming , is usually in a mood for bigger adventures . |
| 30 | I urge the assembly to accept this amendment to depart from this statement , to commend to our churches the use of the apostle 's creed and to wait for a day of broad theological agreement which in the providence of God and by the work of the holy spirit will surely come and then agree upon a statement of faith which we shall all agree and be able to commend enthusiastically to the church but until then to depart from this one . |