Example sentences of "[pers pn] wait [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With someone who 's not I 'd try and get them to wait for a couple of days and then if they would n't I 'd go through the and get them it today . |
| 2 | I wrote lines like this : ‘ I wait with a pencil in my hand/ Beside the morning 's empty page … |
| 3 | When I meet people , I wait for a pulse from their inner being , which tells me things like how much fear , how much hate , how much peace , how much forgiveness . |
| 4 | I waited for a while but he did n't show any sign of appearing so I went outside . |
| 5 | I waited for a day or so , expecting some sort of national protest . |
| 6 | There now seemed no need even to ask for help ; my needs were known , so I waited for a cure . |
| 7 | If you , if you wait for a report from a salesman , you can wait for a very long time , the only piece of paper he really likes filling in is called an expense sheet . |
| 8 | The old lady would have walked back to her villa , but Miguel stopped her by closing the door , and insisting that she wait for a golf cart . |
| 9 | Right now , sorry to keep you waiting for a minute . |
| 10 | ‘ Are you waiting for a bus Ma'am , ’ one asked . |
| 11 | She waited for a second , hoping Marek would turn and catch her eye . |
| 12 | She waited for a response , but Pascoe just nodded . |
| 13 | She waited for a minute and then added , apologetically , ‘ Gran was foul to her , you know that . ’ |
| 14 | She waited for a rebuke . |
| 15 | She waited for a while , then she undressed and climbed into bed , the coat thrown over the top to add extra warmth . |
| 16 | Perhaps , if she waited for a while , Christine might come to her again . |
| 17 | Dawn astonished doctors by becoming pregnant as she waited for a hysterectomy after being told she would never have a child . |
| 18 | She waited for a family to pass by , eating ice-creams , then she said , ‘ Cameron , I 've no intention of leaving William . ’ |
| 19 | She waited for a moment and then walked off to stand in a different part of the ship . |
| 20 | She waited for a moment longer , to worry the hijacker . |
| 21 | She waited for a moment , and then said , ‘ Kee , Mr Kee . |
| 22 | She waited for a moment . |
| 23 | She waited for a reply . |
| 24 | A pregnant woman lost her baby after she fainted as she waited for a bus and fell into the path of a lorry driven by her uncle . |
| 25 | He was finally restrained by police after he grabbed Mrs Rodham as she waited for a bus . |
| 26 | She waited for a pleasure-craft to go by , so there was no chance that its engines would drown her voice . |
| 27 | She waited for a gap in the traffic and scurried across the road . |
| 28 | Her eyes closed , and her head fell back , as she waited in a kind of sensual anguish … |
| 29 | She waited in a hall rich in oak panelling . |
| 30 | It was the kind of place where you waited for a bus that never came . |