Example sentences of "[adj] to wait [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( The main reasons for taking this approach is that for dynamic handwriting recognition it is necessary to select the correct information shortly after the word was written — it may not be possible to wait for the user to finish a sentence or clause . ) |
| 2 | Perhaps I am prepared to wait for a miracle . |
| 3 | He had no idea how long he would have to wait to marry her , but he was prepared to wait for the rest of his life . |
| 4 | ‘ No , I am not prepared to wait for the trial . |
| 5 | However , Ferguson , despite some disappointment at Hughes ' goal ratio — he struck only 14 times in 52 appearances last season — is prepared to wait for the Welshman 's response . |
| 6 | On the all-important matter of holding a Council he was prepared to wait on the king 's convenience for a long time : he was never one to underestimate the needs of secular government . |
| 7 | No , it even says in here , it says look , there well may be groups of supporters in different categories who 'd like to arrange seats together , unfortunately not be able to do this unless you are prepared to wait until the end of the main selling period |
| 8 | Third , clients may need to be prepared to wait until the start of the next course , which might not be for up to two months . |
| 9 | Boswell raised the topic of emigration : Johnson distinguished between its value to ‘ a man of mere animal life ’ and ‘ a man of any intellectual enjoyment ’ : the former content to wait for the earth to produce , the latter unlikely to wish barbarism upon himself and his descendants . |
| 10 | And , at the end of this act we are shown how his ambition has led to another theme , that of appearance and reality , where Macbeth is told by his wife to conceal his thoughts and appear to his guests to be the perfect host whereas he is really supposed to wait for the time to kill the king . |
| 11 | For this reason , instead of joining in the stampede for the latest and newest , I suggest it would be more prudent to wait for a year or two to see if the strawberry blonde holds her place as a glamour queen , or in reality is a blowzy old dame hobbling into the has-beens in the back row of the chorus , where she will find plenty to keep her company . |
| 12 | The visitors did n't have long to wait for the opening goal . |
| 13 | Unable to wait on the vagaries of the election timetable , land-hungry peasants are seizing farmland in both countries , while disgruntled Nicaraguan ex-combatants from both Contra and government armies periodically take up arms and head for the hills . |
| 14 | A second later a tall , broad-shouldered figure threw open the rear door — clearly too impatient to wait for the chauffeur to bring the vehicle to a halt . |
| 15 | Dressed in a flared skirt of fine wool which she topped with a shirt and a sweater , Fabia , with a jacket over her arm and too impatient to wait for the lift , hurried down the stairs to meet him . |
| 16 | It may be necessary to wait for a place or take a place somewhere else ( either permanently or temporarily ) . |
| 17 | This was sooner than had been expected , President José Eduardo dos Santos declaring that it was not necessary to wait for the end of the war to initiate the reforms . |
| 18 | The hotel 's owners have made it clear they are not obliged to wait for the outcome of today 's inspection . |
| 19 | According to this rule , all male members of the community were obliged to wait until the age of twenty to marry and sire children ; at the age of thirty , they were to be regarded as mature and initiated into the higher ranks of the sect . |
| 20 | ‘ Marty , the director , was very wise to wait until the end of filming because he never told me he wanted me to do it . |