Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] wait for a " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | They could easily have waited for a few days . ’ |
| 2 | on the other hand , a school with a high rate of staff turnover can not usually afford to wait for a consensus and readiness that may never come ; and a staff hand-picked in a new school , or for a new school situation such as amalgamation or unstreaming , is usually in a mood for bigger adventures . |
| 3 | In fact he had fully intended to wait for a suitable moonlit warm right , but the trying events of the day had put him so out of sorts that he could stand the waiting no longer . |
| 4 | The Lancashire skipper then had to wait for a tense two minute trial by television to decide whether he could continue his burgeoning innings . |
| 5 | In these cases I either have to wait for a passing walker and ask for assistance , try to reverse my direction or take the plunge and risk damage to chair and body . |