Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] wait for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Prior to the Tektronix announcement , such users were confined to an IBM system using the PS/2 board or waiting for the Network Computing Devices Inc plug-in board option that is announced but not yet available . |
| 2 | I went to Argentina and sat in a cell and waited for the torturers to come in . |
| 3 | I found myself a nice bit of grass with a backrest against a tree trunk and waited for the show to begin . |
| 4 | He then ordered a car to call for him the next morning for a similar occasion and was felled by a stroke while waiting for the lift . |
| 5 | We sat on the sand and waited for the placings to come over the Tannoy . |
| 6 | But it should do more these days about practical matters — like the tax system and keeping yourself together while you 're out of work and waiting for the next job , for that is fifty percent of what you 'll be doing . |
| 7 | They all walked around to the back of the coach and waited for the driver to open the boot for them . |
| 8 | Some even made me jump After this we got back on the coach and waited for the ferry . |
| 9 | Dawn found me stretched out on the bench below the War Memorial in Glencoe Village soaking up the first warm rays of sun and waiting for the shop to open . |
| 10 | There were no books in the room so all I could do was look out of the window and wait for the quarterly chimes from the Cathedral Clock . |
| 11 | He stood listening as they crossed the hall and waited for the sound of the lift gates closing . |
| 12 | The best way to explain Message Queue Interface is to compare it with a standard remote procedure call , where a client sends a request to another machine and waits for the response . |
| 13 | But she held her peace and waited for the miracle . |
| 14 | Now of course he sits at home and waits for the cheques ! |
| 15 | Indeed , it is said that he composed one aria while waiting for the rice to cook . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | He listened to a baseball update and waited for the sponsor 's commercial before turning to her . |
| 18 | He advised the ladies to walk towards the town and wait for the men at the first hotel . |
| 19 | At the Lock , Marie sat in a hollow in the sand-hills by the canal and waited for the magic to start ; she waited for everything to be made all right . |
| 20 | As soon as you saw that you were about to be struck , you stood at attention and waited for the blows . |
| 21 | ‘ Sitting on an empty place and waiting for the price to rocket , more like . ’ |
| 22 | He sat on the edge of the bed in his hotel room and waited for the phone to be answered . |
| 23 | Sitting in a bus next morning , eating pineapple and waiting for the driver , we heard that the survivors were going to walk on fiery coals that night down on the fairground . |
| 24 | After this she would return to the far wall and wait for the papers to be put back into place , so she could repeat the game . |
| 25 | I hurried along keeping close to a wall and waiting for the inevitable mortar burst that would follow in the path of the jeep . |
| 26 | I crumpled this ticket and waited for the next to be called . |
| 27 | We lined up , dispatching practice balls into the shimmering blue yonder with ill-disguised pride and waited for the Master to work his way along , one of us on video duty all the while . |
| 28 | Hundreds of people are standing around , gazing up at the indicator and waiting for the platform of their train to be flashed up . |
| 29 | If you are not sure you can cope , take an oven timer , turn it round to half a minute and wait for the bell to ring . |
| 30 | Or chortle and wait for the next T-shirt ? |