Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] wait for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marius and I waited for twenty minutes and then walked into Mike 's room , only to find him snoring loudly , unconscious . |
| 2 | And you wait for other people an that and and you do n't leave that 's all I wo n't do that again , . |
| 3 | The week 's work was done and she waited for another hard week to start in this ugly , holiday dress . |
| 4 | I sat beside her and we waited for those who had not yet arrived . |
| 5 | And we wait for one of the small army of art students employed to take our work away . |
| 6 | Peggy moved her head in a gesture that brought her mother 's and Henry 's full attention on her , and they waited for some seconds before Peggy , moving up the hall towards the drawing-room , explained , ‘ It 's … it 's his particular part of the day ; he … he likes to see to her himself . ’ |
| 7 | It was a big place and he waited for twenty minutes while girls came and went . |
| 8 | ‘ Before the war people were engaged for years to have time to get a home together , but nobody waits for that now . ’ |