Example sentences of "[adj] and wait [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They could either follow their husbands into battle , taking their children with them , or they could stay at home , unprotected and unsupported and wait for the pillaging Parliamentarians or the papist Royalists to capture them and confiscate their property . |
| 2 | In fact , you can argue and remonstrate until you are blue in the face but certain plans or arrangements can not be progressed just yet and you must simply sit tight and wait for the Full Moon in Aries on the 14th before making any drastic changes or decisions . |
| 3 | ‘ We 'll sit tight and wait for the storm to blow itself out . ’ |
| 4 | I had to be patient and wait for the tide to turn , ’ he said . |
| 5 | Someone told me how her director always says at the end of her outpourings , ‘ Let us keep silent and wait on the Holy Spirit ’ . |