Example sentences of "wait for the train " in BNC.
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| 1 | Be quiet , little girl , we have to wait for the train to come . |
| 2 | The arrival of the new Saturday l25mph High Speed Train service from Swansea to Pembroke provided a new job for the train guard : he had to leap out at Manorbier to open the crossing gates , wait for the train to clear the crossing , close them , and then walk seven coach lengths to give the driver the right away . |
| 3 | He is said to sink onto his knee on the track and wait for the train to end his life ; the train crews used to look out for the shadowy figure and shudder . |
| 4 | On his ‘ Big Red Train Ride ’ in 1977 , Eric Newby found these class approaches to the catching of and waiting for the trains , which have been such a characteristic of colonial societies in India and Africa , still very much the norm in the communist countries . |
| 5 | As we were sitting in the station waiting-room , waiting for the train to Zaragoza , he took my hand and wept . |
| 6 | Cecilia went down the steps at West Hampstead station and stood on the lefthand platform waiting for the train to come down from Kilburn . |
| 7 | There were a couple of men standing there by the door , waiting for the train to pull in and stop . |
| 8 | The man was standing by his left shoulder , waiting for the train to stop . |
| 9 | So I bought her some fruit pastilles again just while we were waiting for the train , but funnily enough , the last few times we 've been at the station , Bobby |
| 10 | In 1898 a visitor noted that the poorest among early Japanese rail travellers were prepared to make long waits for the train : |
| 11 | Mr Cubbage , now a broken , weeping figure lay down on the rail and waited for the train to end his life and his earthly troubles . |
| 12 | He waited for the train to shudder to a halt before jumping from the freight car and closing the door as quietly as possible behind him . |
| 13 | The next morning he came with me to the station , and as we waited for the train , we watched the crowds . |
| 14 | She spread her magazines out on the table and removed her shoes , massaging her toes as she waited for the train to pull away . |
| 15 | IB4E paid the money and they waited for the train to take them to Ratvick . |
| 16 | He took them into the room where people usually waited for the trains — but now there was a carpet on the floor , and flowers above the pictures on the walls . |