Example sentences of "[prep] wait for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lisa had got a proper job at last , as though tired of waiting for the Revolution . |
| 2 | Next week parents are due to receive ballot papers to vote on whether they want to push for grant maintained status after years of waiting for the council to convert promises into action . |
| 3 | Villagers have fallen into the role of waiting for the nurse to cure their sicknesses , the agricultural extension worker to apply the latest gardening technique and government officers to inform them on political developments . |
| 4 | I also suspect that all the major players will shortly move to 400dpi as their base resolution , it 's probably only a question of waiting for the engine manufacturers to get production rolling for the new CCITT Group IV facsimile standard and then taking the excess . |
| 5 | Then it would be purely a matter of waiting for the assassin 's bullet to strike home , or a carefully planned accident to take place . |
| 6 | There was no cool period here of waiting for the ice to break . |
| 7 | It 's just a question of waiting for the bleep . ’ |
| 8 | So I said I was tired of waiting for the money for my things and she can collect it from the students and have it when it came . |
| 9 | Because it has the element of ‘ non-disturbance ’ about it , some scientists feel easier about using e-mail instead of waiting for the corridor/coffee break meeting . |
| 10 | We were sort of waiting for the sunset thing . |
| 11 | Instead of waiting for the predator to attack them , they use their powerful claws to turn the tables . |
| 12 | That same Sunday , in the evening , there was played out in the Cabinet Room the sad farce of waiting for the telegram of conditions for the line of credit front Morgans ' in New York , relayed through the Bank of England , and containing when it came the terms which were wanted by MacDonald and Snowden , but which were anathema to half the Cabinet . |
| 13 | Emphasise benefits over features and use a sales vocabulary ( e.g. your production people will like it because it helps to overcome ‘ down time ’ through waiting for the material to set ) . |
| 14 | I did n't want to have to hang about waiting for the attendant to open lockers . |
| 15 | Never sit about waiting for the result of one interview . |
| 16 | Boxing was the only sport I was any good at , but I often wondered , sitting with gloves on waiting for the fight before mine to end , why on earth I did it . |
| 17 | I went home without waiting for the King 's thanks , because I was not sure what he would say . |
| 18 | The long punters will have plenty of sport with that one though there could be considerable confusion at a quick kick where the revised law says that it may be taken without waiting for the kicker 's team to retire behind the ball — provided they do not become involved in play . |
| 19 | Will the Secretary of State , without waiting for the report , send for the chairman of British Rail and , exceptionally , offer him enough money to allow him to put into operation an immediate emergency programme for the renewal of signalling systems ? |
| 20 | Without waiting for the ring , she opened the door and let them in . |
| 21 | Without waiting for the empire 's division to be formally signed and sealed , Charles gave notice of his intention to father a progeny — his own royal line . |
| 22 | This feeling was exacerbated by waiting for the guide to translate . |
| 23 | They do this by waiting for the mother to leave the nest . |