Example sentences of "[not/n't] wait for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The latter need not wait for a change of heart on the part of the Prime Minister , or the election of a new government , before translating guilt about the condition of those less fortunate than themselves into action . |
| 2 | But he did not wait for a reply before throwing himself to one side as a sabre whistled down and buried itself deep in the brickwork of the window sill where he had been sitting . |
| 3 | Sensibly he did not wait for a reply , since the possibilities were clearly endless . |
| 4 | She did not wait for a reply . |
| 5 | Alexander Vass did not wait for an invitation . |
| 6 | In the last sentence erm my view is that we should not wait for an application to build on this site . |
| 7 | He did not wait for an answer , but quickly helped Anne into his boat . |
| 8 | He did not wait for an answer but led the way through to the kitchen . |
| 9 | He did not wait for an answer , spoke low and fast . |
| 10 | He did not wait for an answer , thrust the radio into a tuft of grass six inches from his face . |
| 11 | ‘ He was really looking forward to being a father and could not wait for the birth . |
| 12 | Taking up the points made in recent days by Mr Tony Blair , Labour 's employment spokesman , and the TUC , Mr Fowler said the dismantling of the closed shop need not wait for the passage of the bill . |
| 13 | Can not wait for the end . |
| 14 | Thereafter , I did not wait for the reappearance of the symptoms , but treated the tank every five to six weeks . |
| 15 | London Transport did not wait for the delivery of the RM class buses and used the existing RT type for several years . |
| 16 | ‘ The unemployed can not wait for the recovery the Tories are waiting for . |
| 17 | It is a good idea to turn the main stopcock off and on once or twice each year to keep its mechanism free and not wait for an emergency to discover that it has jammed open . |
| 18 | She glanced at the other two and , not waiting for a reply , she went on , ‘ He 's so caring , he treats them as if they 're his personal friends … ’ |
| 19 | The big English processors and distributors are not waiting for a conclusion to position themselves to compete more effectively in the new free market , expected to be in place by 1994 . |
| 20 | Yet history records that the nation was not waiting for a programme of national reconstruction . |
| 21 | The door was half open and Corbett , not waiting for the servant to knock again , simply pushed it open and swaggered in . |
| 22 | And not waiting for an answer , he went into his room , moving jauntily . |
| 23 | Not waiting for an answer , fitzAlan flung open the door and almost dragged Isabel into the street . |
| 24 | Not waiting for an answer , he stood up and dragged Isabel closer to the window . |
| 25 | The general asked , ‘ May I go now ? ’ , then walked off , not waiting for an answer . |
| 26 | De Gaulle had not waited for the end of the war to formulate his proposal for the new German settlement . |
| 27 | Do n't wait for a muse to come take your hand . |
| 28 | Well we 'll go on the corporation , wait for a corporation you would n't wait for a corporation , I said wait , wait for the big bus . |
| 29 | and all she can think of to say is ( and here he mimicked a heavy filmstar accent which actually was nothing like the actress in the film at all , because the woman in the film is an ordinary , decent , hardworking woman ) , ‘ Oh dahlink , I 'ave missed you so much , ’ and then the first thing she does after waiting for him to come home for seven fucking years is to leave the fucking gas on while she 's making his coffee , and then of course she 's so tense that she just ca n't wait for a fag , she lights up , there you go ; bang . |
| 30 | With an uncertain outlook for nineteen ninety three from our point of view it 's absolutely crucial to get costs in line we had obviously done cost-cutting during the previous two years , but we really needed to be sure that if revenues were not going to increase , we should n't wait for a recovery to bail us out . |