Example sentences of "wait for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | You could almost stand and wait for a horse to deliver . |
| 3 | ‘ She can damn well wait for a minute , ’ McLeish decided . |
| 4 | Should he wait for a year , by which time the quarrel between Hindus and Muslims over the disputed Ayodhya mosque will have cooled down ? |
| 5 | Friends believe he may take the post rather than wait for a by-election to resume his career . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Rather than wait for a third guy , Lee sets his ball down quick and hits it . |
| 8 | Numbers on the train were greatly reduced at Georgemas where those going to Wick had to dismount and wait for a connecting Sprinter . |
| 9 | She did n't wait for a reply , but spelled out the answer herself . |
| 10 | ‘ Let's just wait for a while , eh ? |
| 11 | You have to be sure the bird is very hungry , and if it 's not you have to sit down and wait for a long , long time . |
| 12 | Older men are usually polygynous ; thus a youth rarely has available for marriage an age-mate female , and he must wait for a younger generation of females to mature before cohabitation with them . |
| 13 | Do n't wait for a muse to come take your hand . |
| 14 | If you ca n't wait for a new model , the Black & Decker Woodworker is ideal for the beginner , or for those wanting a second router for lots of small repetitive tasks . |
| 15 | DeviceNotSelectedTimeout=15 : Time ( in seconds ) Windows will wait for a device ( such as a modem ) to respond . |
| 16 | TransmissionRetryTimeout=45 : Time ( in seconds ) Windows will wait for a busy device ( such as a modem ) to reply . |
| 17 | China could only wait for a more favourable opportunity to recover her rights . |
| 18 | But he did not wait for a reply before throwing himself to one side as a sabre whistled down and buried itself deep in the brickwork of the window sill where he had been sitting . |
| 19 | She did n't wait for a reply . |
| 20 | " We 'll wait for a barge , " Mahmud said . |
| 21 | , could you just er wait for a second ? |
| 22 | ‘ I 'll wait for a month or so : here , some other place , I do n't know . |
| 23 | ‘ No , but I 'll wait for a word with Leon . ’ |
| 24 | Sensibly he did not wait for a reply , since the possibilities were clearly endless . |
| 25 | How much better it is to remove trees carefully rather than wait for a gale to do it in an uncoordinated way . |
| 26 | She did not wait for a reply . |
| 27 | He felt tempted to continue through the village to visit the young Prince at Woodstock Palace but , considering what he had just learnt , thought he had better wait for a while . |
| 28 | ‘ Father Reynard 's death , ’ he concluded , ‘ however distressing , must wait for a while . |
| 29 | The chute will be replaced but the swings must wait for a future allocation of money . |
| 30 | We can not wait for a Labour Government . |