Example sentences of "[not/n't] wait for a [noun] " 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 | 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 … ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Yet history records that the nation was not waiting for a programme of national reconstruction . |
| 8 | Do n't wait for a muse to come take your hand . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | She did n't wait for a reply , but spelled out the answer herself . |
| 13 | She did n't wait for a reply . |
| 14 | He did n't wait for a reply . |
| 15 | He did n't wait for a reply . |
| 16 | And she did n't wait for a reply . |