Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [be] wait [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps they 're waiting for the police to lose interest . ’ |
| 2 | She thought , perhaps he 's waiting till the next time we go , perhaps he 's biding his time … |
| 3 | Now I 'm waiting for the police to call , following up a report that there 's some madman loose on the M1 , threatening to shoot other drivers . ’ |
| 4 | Now she was waiting for the food to reach her at the rapidly expanding camp . |
| 5 | And now we are to wait for the next ethnic war to intervene to salve our pitifully insensitive consciences and our failure to shape and conduct an effective policy : a neat one , no complications , allowing intervention with few , possibly no , losses . |
| 6 | Then they were waiting for the fun to start . |