Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] wait [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I went home without waiting for the King 's thanks , because I was not sure what he would say . |
| 2 | There was no cool period here of waiting for the ice to break . |
| 3 | Instead of waiting for the predator to attack them , they use their powerful claws to turn the tables . |
| 4 | Because it has the element of ‘ non-disturbance ’ about it , some scientists feel easier about using e-mail instead of waiting for the corridor/coffee break meeting . |
| 5 | Given the benefit of hindsight , Scotland could have done with a more demanding opening and might also have deployed the likes of Murry Walker and Carl Hogg first out , instead of waiting for the taxing fixture against Nadroga . |
| 6 | But instead of waiting on the same platform for an Edgware train , they made their way up to the British Rail terminus , and in the men 's lavatory the bear got into his bear suit . |
| 7 | In fact on balance she thought it might be very interesting to be on the spot when the cars were tested for real instead of waiting in the laboratory for the print-outs and reports from whichever of the team was out there . |
| 8 | Apart from waiting in the queue it was the shortest business Ruth had ever encountered . |