Example sentences of "[coord] wait [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Repeat them movement , while counting to 4 slowly , as often as you can — for instance while washing the dishes or waiting for a bus . |
| 2 | Mr Lambert said : ‘ It may be that this man was hitch-hiking or waiting for a lift . ’ |
| 3 | Other locals , not directly involved with the gangs , but basking in the glory and the protection bought rounds of drinks or waited for a chance to join in the conversation . |
| 4 | I urge the assembly to accept this amendment to depart from this statement , to commend to our churches the use of the apostle 's creed and to wait for a day of broad theological agreement which in the providence of God and by the work of the holy spirit will surely come and then agree upon a statement of faith which we shall all agree and be able to commend enthusiastically to the church but until then to depart from this one . |
| 5 | You could almost stand and wait for a horse to deliver . |
| 6 | It might seem a smaller risk to stick to stores and wait for a retailing boom to return . |
| 7 | They 've given her something and she , she had to put this stuff on her hair , had to take a trip to the hairdresser and he said to the hairdresser comb my hair first and then put this stuff on and wait for a fortnight and it did come a little lighter , but it was n't much |
| 8 | of your block of flats and wait for a sign . |
| 9 | He said she was to go to Ludgate Circus , stand on the south corner of Fleet Street at 6.30 p.m. and wait for a cab to pull in and pick her up . |
| 10 | Yesterday West Yorkshire officers advised women to stay in their cars and wait for a patrol if they break down . |
| 11 | The resulting larvae sit on the sand or climb up any grass present and wait for a mammal to pass by . |
| 12 | Pluck a London-based journalist out of the office ; put him or her on a train with a party heavyweight ; and wait for a slice of prime grassroots ham to arrive . |
| 13 | : I was on leave from the WRAF and waiting at a bus stop in the town on my way to visit my grandmother . |
| 14 | There is of course a difference between a flexible general programme , able to expand/develop/change emphasis , as and when circumstances alter/new needs emerge/relevant external courses present themselves , and waiting for a course to be advertised before a need is identified , or taken notice of . |
| 15 | Using the extra man , they controlled the game at a stroll and no doubt the Swindon fans were ready and waiting for a massacre . |
| 16 | I was discussing business contracts with my husband and waiting for a call from my own children who would rock with laughter if I prescribed a dose of warm camels ' milk and clove for a poor stomach and headache . |
| 17 | Behind a door , they could hear an audience shuffling , coughing and waiting for a show to start . |
| 18 | For Jack , time seemed to stand still as he sat at his stepfather 's bedside , gazing down into the inanimate features and waiting for a miracle . |
| 19 | While many spectators spend the afternoon guzzling champagne and waiting for a glimpse of the Royal family , seasoned punters will be fighting for survival in the betting ring and jostling to see equine champion Zafonic in the paddock . |
| 20 | We stepped into the cold marble hall and waited under a statue of George the Third masquerading as Alexander the Great . |
| 21 | and waited under a camera eye as the door clanked and banged upward to reveal a small covered garage yard . |
| 22 | ‘ Who is there ? ’ she called and waited with a feeling of dread . |
| 23 | ‘ During the first walk we saw a weka , but the second time was much more exciting because we sat on a log and waited for a kiwi to return to its nest . ’ |
| 24 | Again Hassan closed his eyes and waited for a second . |
| 25 | When the show finally ended and the house lights came up , Lucy found herself a backstage corner and waited for a while longer . |
| 26 | To get started on the making of the wine you needed three or four bees which were freely available from friends or neighbours , you filled a jam jar with water to about half an inch from the top , added two desert spoonfuls of sugar , placed the ‘ bees ’ on the water , covered with muslin and waited for a fortnight . |
| 27 | It seemed one hundred years that those poor people looked up at him — at Gabriel the fraud — and waited for a miracle . |
| 28 | She closed the door and waited for a moment , then turned and went into the little bedroom . |
| 29 | She knocked loudly on the kitchen door and waited for a moment , aware of the total silence from within the room . |
| 30 | Then she snuffed out the light , and waited for a moment , getting her owl-vision . |